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September 30, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today assured her constituents that a bill announced by Congressman Jim Banks (R-IN), that would require protestors in the District of Columbia to pay the District for costs associated with the protest if they are convicted of a crime, would go no further.
September 27, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she will speak at Georgetown University’s Black Alumni Summit this Saturday, September 28th, at 9:15 a.m. on Georgetown’s main campus in the Hariri Building.
September 27, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has announced she will speak at the District of Columbia’s celebration of National Trans Visibility Day at Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue this Saturday, September 28th, at 10:30 a.m.
September 27, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the Covenant Baptist Church, located at 3845 South Capitol Street SW, this Sunday, September 29th, on her District of Columbia statehood bill, H.R. 51, expected to pass the House this Congress.
September 25, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced several events to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, which is recognized from September 15th to October 15th in the U.S.
September 25, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the rededication of the Maine Lobsterman statue along the Wharf, today, September 25th at 1:00 pm.
September 25, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a hearing today, titled “NextGen Feds: Recruiting the Next Generation of Public Servants,” Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced she had introduced the Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2019, which would help provide financial relief for federal employees who have a short-term injury or disability, become pregnant, or develop a pregnancy-related illness.
September 25, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced that the House of Representatives will formally enter impeachment proceedings for President Donald Trump.
September 25, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a ribbon cutting for the Guild apartment building in Navy Yard tomorrow, September 26th, at 11:15 a.m. The Guild apartment complex is the most recent building completed in the revitalized Navy Yard neighborhood, which is a key mixed-use development project in the Capital Riverfront neighborhood, authorized by Norton's bill, the Southeast Federal Center Public-Private Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–407).
September 24, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she has introduced a resolution that would designate September 23rd as “Mary Church Terrell Day,” recognizing her lasting contributions to the civil rights and women’s rights movements.