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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.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of National Flag Day, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) released a picture with their respective flags, the 1st state and the 51st state, celebrating the record number of cosponsors in the Senate (32) and House (213) on their bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of the National Week of Action to highlight Democratic efforts on health care, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a DC Health Link Roundtable tomorrow, June 14th at 2:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) vowed to fight the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision today to move the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) from the National Capital Region (NCR).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced she has filed two amendments 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 health care co-pays for inmates.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) defeated multiple anti-home-rule amendments during the House Appropriation Committee’s markup of the fiscal year 2020 District of Columbia Appropriation bill late yesterday and thanked her Democratic colleagues for supporting the District’s right to self-government.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the House Appropriations Committee has funded a bill that Norton led with Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) for back pay for low-wage federal contract workers furloughed during the last government shutdown.