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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” conversation with Advisory Neighborhood Commission 8D at the Bridgepoint Specialty Hospital this Thursday, June 27th at 7:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that her Banning Smoking on Amtrak Act of 2019 (H.R. 2726), which would codify Amtrak’s internal policy prohibiting smoking, including of electronic cigarettes, on its trains passed the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today.

Washington, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the Celebration of the Life & Legacy of Bernice “Bunny” Sandler today, June 26th, at 7:00 p.m.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her amendment to prohibit the General Services Administration (GSA) from using its funds to relocate the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) or the Economic Research Service (ERS) outside of the National Capital Region passed the House of Representatives today.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will receive the Wiley A. Branton Award from the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs on Wednesday, June 26th, at 12:30 p.m., in recognition of her work for civil rights and her dedication to the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that a bill that Norton led with Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) to provide back pay to low-wage federal contract workers furloughed during the last government shutdown passed the House of Representatives today.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a letter she sent to U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund today urging the Capitol Police to amend their policies to permit electric scooters on Capitol Grounds, while adopting narrowly tailored regulations to protect public safety.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked the House Rules Committee for prohibiting, at her request, all the anti-home-rule amendments that were filed to the fiscal year 2020 District of Columbia spending bill from receiving consideration on the House floor.