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September 25, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a hearing today, titled “NextGen Feds: Recruiting the Next Generation of Public Servants,” Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced she had introduced the Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2019, which would help provide financial relief for federal employees who have a short-term injury or disability, become pregnant, or develop a pregnancy-related illness.
September 25, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the rededication of the Maine Lobsterman statue along the Wharf, today, September 25th at 1:00 pm.
September 25, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced that the House of Representatives will formally enter impeachment proceedings for President Donald Trump.
September 25, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced several events to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, which is recognized from September 15th to October 15th in the U.S.
September 25, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a ribbon cutting for the Guild apartment building in Navy Yard tomorrow, September 26th, at 11:15 a.m. The Guild apartment complex is the most recent building completed in the revitalized Navy Yard neighborhood, which is a key mixed-use development project in the Capital Riverfront neighborhood, authorized by Norton's bill, the Southeast Federal Center Public-Private Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–407).
September 24, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she has introduced a resolution that would designate September 23rd as “Mary Church Terrell Day,” recognizing her lasting contributions to the civil rights and women’s rights movements.
September 24, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” conversation with Lamond Riggs Public Library staff tonight, September 24th at 7:00 p.m.
September 24, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that 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, will be marked up by the House Natural Resources Committee tomorrow, Wednesday, September 25th.
September 23, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will introduce Dr. Joyce Ladner, who is among the honorees this evening at the 7th annual March on Washington Film Festival, which commemorates the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
September 23, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today vowed to overcome the Senate Appropriations Committee-passed fiscal year (FY) 2020 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, which would reduce the D.C. Tuition Assistance Program (DCTAG) funding by $25 million, from $40 million to just $15 million.