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June 5, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a video on social media today featuring Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) signing his cosponsor form for the District of Columbia statehood bill (H.R. 51) and discussing the importance of statehood.
June 4, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today presented the Charles Edson Tax Credit Excellence Award to Fort Chaplin Park Apartments, owned and operated by Standard Communities and Alliant Capital, for their work preserving affordable housing in the District of Columbia.
June 4, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that she has introduced legislation to eliminate the President’s authority to federalize the local District of Columbia police department, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
June 4, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) testified before the House Ways and Means Committee today to urge the committee to reauthorize the unique tax incentives for business investment in the District of Columbia that expired in 2011, known as D.C. Empowerment Zones, as provided in Norton’s bill (H.R. 3678, 115th Congress).
June 4, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) applauded the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government for passing the fiscal year (FY) 2020 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, which contains many of her top policy and funding priorities tonight.
June 3, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a "Norton in Your Neighborhood" conversation with Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 8E tonight at the Eagle Academy at 7:45 p.m.
June 3, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced the kickoff today of the SummerSet DC Music Series (formerly Music on the Mall), a free concert series developed and sponsored by Norton’s office, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the National Park Service, Wolf Trap, and the Southwest Business Improvement District.
June 3, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the House’s fiscal year (FY) 20 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, released last night, contains most of her top policy and funding priorities.
May 31, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) hosted an Appreciation Night at the Foster and Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center to highlight and honor parents and advocates of children in the District’s foster care system tonight.
May 30, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the DC War Memorial today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the House Committee on Oversight and Reform will hold a hearing on her D.C. statehood bill (H.R. 51) on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, in preparation for a floor vote.