Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be on hand this evening, Tuesday,August 28, 2012, for her office's "Government to Go" constituent services office hours at the Safeway at 2845 Alabama Avenue, SE from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Norton's "Government to Go" brings her constituent services staff into neighborhoods in every ward, where they offer District residents assistance and advice on a range of federal benefits and issues, from Social Security and veterans' benefits to Norton's D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) invites downtown federal and other office workers to help welcome violinist and D.C.'s Duke Ellington School for the Arts alumnus Raycurt Johnson to Lunchtime Music on the Mall on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, from noon to 1:30 p.m. on the National Mall near the Smithsonian Metro Station. Lunchtime Music on the Mall is sponsored by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and the National Park Service in conjunction with Norton's office.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will announce the winners of this year's "Trucky Awards" on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. during the day-long (1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.) gourmet DC Funky Fresh Foodie Fest food truck festival and summer concert, at the D.C. Fairgrounds, 1299 Half St. SE (near Nationals Stadium). "The District's most popular cuisine on wheels has been an asset to the city and a convenience providing new variety for our tastes," Norton said.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will explain D.C.'s many public service opportunities, particularly in a city without full citizenship rights, as she addresses the 600 entering students at the American University (AU) Freshman Service Experience on Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the Bender Arena, 4400 Massachusetts Ave.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that acoustic guitarist Denny Ballard will entertain the crowds gathered for today's Lunchtime Music on the Mall from noon to 1:30 p.m. on the National Mall, near the Smithsonian Metro Station.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that her office has had to turn away employers interested in taking part in her annual Jobs and Opportunities Fair on Thursday, August 23, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Washington Convention Center (800 Mt. Vernon Place NW, near New York Ave. NW and 7^th St. NW), after reaching the maximum number. Nevertheless, this year's fair will include 85 employers with open jobs, including many private D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) roundtable hearing last night on the hiring of D.C. residents and small businesses at downtown General Services Administration (GSA) and the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of African American History and Culture construction projects drew a large crowd and new ideas to increase local hiring at construction sites downtown.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a roundtable hearing tonight, Tuesday, August 21, 2012, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Rayburn House Office Building Room 2167, featuring D.C. residents and small businesses working on federal construction sites in the District of Columbia. The hearing will examine the rate of hiring of D.C. residents and the use of D.C. small businesses on stimulus-funded federal construction projects underway in the District, which received more stimulus construction funds than any other U.S.