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June 11, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” conversation with Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6B tonight at the Hill Center at 7:15 p.m.
June 10, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) filed an amendment last Friday to the fiscal year 2020 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill that would increase funding for the Anacostia Watershed Restoration Program, building on Norton’s longstanding work to restore the Anacostia River.
June 10, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), an annual performer in the long-running comedic event “Will on the Hill,” hosted by the Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC), will appear in the performance tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW).
June 7, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak tomorrow, Saturday, June 8, 2019, at the ribbon cutting of new athletic fields at the RFK stadium site at 11:00 a.m. Norton recently introduced a bill to sell the RFK stadium site, which is currently unused federal land, to the District of Columbia for fair market value.
June 6, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will march in the 2019 Capital Pride Parade this Saturday, June 8th.
June 6, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today blasted Representative Jim Banks (R-IN) for introducing a bill that would require the District of Columbia to create, fund and administer education savings accounts (ESAs) for tuition and other private educational expenses for D.C. students who have experienced a “safety issue” at school, ranging from bullying to food safety.
June 6, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement today on the 75th Anniversary of D-Day:
June 6, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will honor Kojo Nnamdi with recognition in the Congressional Record and at the “Kojo Nnamdi 20 Year Celebration” tonight at the Howard Theater at 7:30 p.m.
June 5, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that House passage yesterday of the American Dream and Promise Act (H.R. 6) shows the priority Democrats put on establishing “a path to citizenship” not only for DREAMers, but for Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure holders as well.
June 5, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), joined by Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Anthony Brown (D-MD), and David Trone (D-MD), today announced that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) will conduct a study of helicopter noise within the Washington metropolitan region, a request the Members made in January.