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WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) prepares to speak on the impeachment of President Trump tomorrow, she spoke on the House floor today on why the impeachment vote provides yet another reason to pass her D.C. statehood bill, which should – and she believes will – pass the House next year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton has achieved her funding priorities in the final fiscal year 2020 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, released today. The bill contains her top priority for the fifth year in a row, $40 million for the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that her Banning Smoking on Amtrak Act of 2019 (H.R. 2726), which would codify Amtrak’s internal policy prohibiting smoking, including of electronic cigarettes, on trains will be considered on the House floor on Monday.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her 2019 Year-End Newsletter today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her public weekend schedule today, which includes a holiday party celebration for children of incarcerated parents, the D.C. Statehood Champions Holiday Celebration, and the birthday celebration of Carter G. Woodson, hosted by the Association for the Study of African American Life and Heritage in partnership with the National Park Service and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the Newseum’s final program of the 2019 season this evening at 7:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak on the house floor today at 3:15 p.m. on her bill to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA) to include the District of Columbia in the definition of a coastal state, which would make D.C. eligible for federal coastal zone management funding.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will testify before the House Agriculture Committee tomorrow, December 11th, at 10:00 a.m. on her bill to make the District of Columbia eligible for urban forestry funding.