Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced the House will vote on a bill (H.R. 6364) tomorrow that Norton co-sponsored to preserve the District of Columbia War Memorial for D.C. veterans only, re-designate the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri as the "National World War I Museum and Memorial," and establish a site on federal land in D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) is pursuing additional tickets for District residents to attend the 2013 inauguration of President Barack Obama, beyond the less than 200 allocated to each member of Congress. So far, Norton's office has received well over 2,500 requests for inauguration tickets.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) called Harry Hopper, the Chairman of the Board of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, to thank him for the decision announced today to keep the Corcoran in the District of Columbia. She has released the following statement on the board's decision.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the letter she and the other delegates sent to the House and Senate Armed Services committee chairs and ranking members, calling on them to include in the final fiscal year 2013 Defense Authorization bill a House-passed provision that would require the armed services to display the D.C.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked the D.C. Council for passing a law banning synthetic marijuana, or K2, on Tuesday, the same day she visited a protest in front of an Exxon station near Springarn High School in Northeast, and got an agreement from the gas station's manager to stop selling the drug.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that 60 D.C. small businesses have won subcontracts for work on federal construction projects around the city, including some that have contracts on multiple projects. She said D.C. small businesses are clearly benefitting from the significant federal construction underway in the District.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a community protest at an Exxon station located at 2652 Benning Rd. NE (between Anacostia Ave. and Oklahoma Ave. NE),and across from Spingarn High School, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) walked over to the business, owned by Mohammad B.