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WASHINGTON, D.C. – As she prepares to speak at an event marking the Battle of Fort Stevens 155th anniversary this Saturday, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to recognize and preserve the Civil War Defenses of Washington located in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join activists, community leaders and elected officials at Netroots Nation 2019 in Philadelphia to deliver an Opening Keynote tonight discussing the growing national momentum for D.C. statehood.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) today introduced the RECOVER Act (Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Emergency Response Act) to provide free lifetime identity protection coverage to current, former and prospective federal employees and contractors whose personal information was compromised by Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breaches in 2015.

​WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a letter today sent to House and Senate appropriators after District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that D.C.’s Emergency Planning and Security Fund (EPSF) will be exhausted before the end of the fiscal year.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her 2019 Summer Newsletter today ahead of her trip to Philadelphia with DC Vote to Netroots Nation to speak on D.C. statehood.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that, for home-rule reasons, she will oppose the Federal Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act of 2019 (S. 2017), which would, among other things, make female genital mutilation on minors a federal crime if it occurs within the District of Columbia or in connection with interstate or foreign commerce.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced she filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020 (NDAA) to give the District of Columbia home-rule authority over the D.C. National Guard.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join activists, community leaders and elected officials at Netroots Nation 2019 in Philadelphia this week to discuss the growing national momentum for D.C. statehood.