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July 3, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will march this year in the annual Palisades Fourth of July Parade alongside local Girl Scouts on Thursday, July 4th.
July 3, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement today following reports that the National Park Service is diverting $2.5 million in park improvement funds to pay for President Trump’s Fourth of July celebration, in addition to having the RNC hand out tickets.
July 2, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks today, as prepared for delivery, announcing that 88 national advocacy groups have endorsed her District of Columbia statehood bill.
July 1, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after news broke that President Trump wants to incorporate tanks and heavy military equipment into the Fourth of July celebration on the National Mall.
July 1, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be joined by some of the largest national advocacy groups in the country this Tuesday, July 2nd, to announce their endorsement of Norton's D.C. statehood bill, H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, and discuss the action they will take to help secure passage of the bill.
July 1, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the day that national organizations speak about their support and work on Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s (D-DC) District of Columbia statehood bill, Norton will that evening host a Community Forum moderated by Reverend William Lamar IV at the Metropolitan AME Church at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 2nd, to discuss D.C. statehood.
June 28, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) can be seen on this week’s airing of the national PBS series “To The Contrary,” locally here on Friday at 5:30 p.m. on WETA; Saturday at 6:30 p.m. on WHUT; and Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on WETA.
June 28, 2019
Washington, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she has introduced a bill to give the District of Columbia the authority to appoint all members of the D.C. Board of Zoning Adjustment (Board), except when the Board is performing functions regarding an application by a foreign mission with respect to a chancery.
June 27, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement today following the Supreme Court’s ruling preventing a citizenship question from being added to the 2020 Census, striking the question down for violating administrative procedures.
June 27, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Senate yesterday passed Norton’s Fairness for Breastfeeding Mothers Act, which now heads to the President for signing.