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July 22, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak this evening to the National Youth Involvement Board Conference (NYIB), an organization of credit unions dedicated to reaching young people and educating them on their financial futures.
July 22, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a major campaign update for the 11th Street Bridge project this Tuesday, July 23rd at 9:30 a.m.
July 19, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on the passing of Sterling Tucker.
July 19, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her letter to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jessie K. Liu, with questions regarding the prosecution of hate crimes against LGBTQ individuals in the District.
July 18, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) slammed the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Secretary Sonny Perdue today, following reports that top scientists are deserting the USDA in high numbers as the agency seeks to relocate hundreds of staffers in two departments, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the Economic Research Service, outside of the National Capital Region.
July 18, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer keynote remarks at a naturalization ceremony for D.C. residents and their families on Friday, July 19, at 10:00 a.m.
July 16, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to require certain federal officials who serve the District of Columbia to live in the District.
July 16, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today vowed to fight the Trump administration’s plans to move more than a fifth of the employees of the Bureau of Land Management out of the National Capital Region.
July 16, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that she opposes, for home-rule reasons, the Federal Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act of 2019 (H.R. 3583), which would make female genital mutilation on minors a federal crime if it occurs in the District of Columbia or in connection with interstate or foreign commerce.
July 15, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, which Norton chairs, will hold a hearing tomorrow on the Federal Transit Administration's implementation of the Capital Investment Grant program, which funds the construction and expansion of "fixed-guideway" transportation, including subways, light rail, streetcars,