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Washington, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she has introduced a bill to give the District of Columbia the authority to appoint all members of the D.C. Board of Zoning Adjustment (Board), except when the Board is performing functions regarding an application by a foreign mission with respect to a chancery.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement today following the Supreme Court’s ruling preventing a citizenship question from being added to the 2020 Census, striking the question down for violating administrative procedures.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Senate yesterday passed Norton’s Fairness for Breastfeeding Mothers Act, which now heads to the President for signing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the House’s fiscal year (FY) 20 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, which contains most of her top policy and funding priorities, passed the House of Representatives today.

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.