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June 24, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” conversation with the Mayfair Mansions Community Organization in Ward 7 on Tuesday, June 25th at 7:00 p.m.
June 24, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today 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 is scheduled to be marked up by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.
June 24, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the co-chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus and a senior member of the Aviation Subcommittee, announced that the House today passed her amendment to direct the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prioritize combating airplane and helicopter noise.
June 23, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today she looks forward to hosting a “Congress in Your Corner” Fireside Chat with the LGBTQ community at Red Bear Brewery this Monday, June 24th at 7:00 p.m.
June 21, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the William Simons Scholarships Renaming Ceremony hosted by the Washington Teachers’ Union this Saturday, June 22, 2019, at 2:00 p.m., at the African American Civil War Museum.
June 21, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will kick off the celebration of the 27th annual Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle this Saturday, June 22, 2019, at 11:00 a.m., at 3rd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
June 21, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on D.C. Council Member Jack Evans.
June 20, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak tomorrow at the ribbon cutting for the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) headquarters opening at St. Elizabeths in Ward 8.
June 20, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her amendment to the fiscal year 2020 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations bill to prohibit the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from using its fiscal year 2020 funds to charge subsistence fees for offenders in halfway houses and on home confinement passed the House of Representatives last night. D.C. Code felons are housed by the BOP.
June 20, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill yesterday to remove the authority of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA), a federal agency, to review development of District of Columbia-owned parks and buildings, as well as development of certain private property in D.C.