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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the William Simons Scholarships Renaming Ceremony hosted by the Washington Teachers’ Union this Saturday, June 22, 2019, at 2:00 p.m., at the African American Civil War Museum.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will kick off the celebration of the 27th annual Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle this Saturday, June 22, 2019, at 11:00 a.m., at 3rd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on D.C. Council Member Jack Evans.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak tomorrow at the ribbon cutting for the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) headquarters opening at St. Elizabeths in Ward 8.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her amendment 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 on home confinement passed the House of Representatives last night. D.C. Code felons are housed by the BOP.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill yesterday to remove the authority of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA), a federal agency, to review development of District of Columbia-owned parks and buildings, as well as development of certain private property in D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL), co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys, will host a hearing today on fatherhood in the U.S. Capitol Building.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement in recognition of Juneteenth today, commemorating the fuller emancipation of African American slaves two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.