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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) this week introduced a bill, the McIntire-Stennis District of Columbia Equality Act, to make the District of Columbia eligible for federal forestry funds.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) announced they will introduce a resolution honoring the Washington Nationals’ first World Series title in franchise history.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) applauded the Department of Justice (DOJ) announcement yesterday of a pilot program for body-worn cameras by federally deputized task force officers.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today applauded the National Park Service (NPS) decision to withdraw a proposal to revise protest and special event permitting regulations in the District of Columbia, which would have significantly limited free speech and the ability to protest.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who is second in seniority on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, said today that she is supporting seniority, but that she will seek the position of Chair if Acting Chair Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), who outranks Norton in seniority on the committee, withdraws from consideration.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” conversation with the Park Morton Community today, October 28th at 6:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced she has introduced the Combating Implicit Bias in Education Act, which would create a $30 million grant program for schools to train teachers, principals and other personnel on implicit bias.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) congratulates Washington, D.C. native Dave Chappelle on receiving the Mark Twain Award for his lifetime contributions to American humor and will speak today at Duke Ellington School of the Arts at a ceremony honoring Chappelle at 4:00 p.m.