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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today issued the following statement on the passing of Jaylee Mead, a distinguished scientist and major benefactor of the arts in the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today honored District of Columbia resident Dr. Neal A. Young, a recipient of the 2012 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for Science and Environment, with an entry in the Congressional Record. "His pioneering laboratory and clinical research, together with his clinical practice and mentoring, has saved the lives of thousands of people throughout the world suffering from bone marrow failure syndromes, all while serving as a federal employee," Norton said.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) expressed deep gratitude to her friends in the Senate, who took the lead and quickly got Senate approval today, by unanimous consent, of H.R. 6336, a bill to move the District of Columbia's Frederick Douglass statue into the United States Capitol, marking the first time that the District, like the states, will have its own statue in the Capitol. The bill, which the House passed by voice vote on Monday and now heads to the president for his signature, was sponsored by Rep.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement today marking the eleventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) was very pleased that the House today passed a bill, H.R. 6336, to move the District of Columbia's Frederick Douglass statue to the United States Capitol. The bill was introduced by Committee on House Administration Chairman Dan Lungren (R-CA) and co-sponsored by Norton. It is similar to a concurrent resolution, S. Con. Res. 49, introduced in June by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration, and Norton hopes the Senate will pass the bill shortly.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that fiscal year 2013 continuing resolution (CR) contains, at her request, a $9.8 million federal payment to the District of Columbia to cover the costs associated with the upcoming presidential inauguration. The CR, which the House is expected to vote on this week, would effectively extend federal spending at its current (fiscal year 2012) levels through March. If the CR had not included the $9.8 million federal payment, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the House will vote later today on a bill, H.R. 6336, to move the District of Columbia's Frederick Douglass statue into the United States Capitol. The bill, proposed by Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA), chairman of the Committee on House Administration, and co-sponsored by Norton, is similar to a concurrent resolution, S. Con. Res. 49, introduced in June by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today called on House and Senate leadership to include in the six-month fiscal year 2013 continuing resolution (CR), expected for a House vote later this week, a provision to ensure that the District of Columbia government does not face a shutdown threat later in the fiscal year that begins October 1. The Obama administration has recommended that the appropriators include a provision in the CR, based on a Norton bill, authorizing D.C. to spend its local funds for all of fiscal year 2013, and not just for the term of the CR.