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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will march in the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade and the D.C. Emancipation Day Parade tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the District of Columbia Local Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2019, which would clarify that D.C. residents may not be excluded or disqualified from jury service in the D.C. Superior Court based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), chair of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, today introduced a bill to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA) to include the District of Columbia in the definition of a coastal state, which would make D.C. eligible for federal coastal zone management funding.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today urged the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to reconsider its denial of Serve DC’s grant application needed for critical services for the District of Columbia in a letter to CNCS’ Chief Executive Officer Barbara Stewart.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will chair the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit hearing tomorrow titled “Every Life Counts: Improving the Safety of Our Nation’s Roadways.”

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) announced today a letter to the House Appropriations Committee urging Members to prohibit the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from using funds to carry out its proposal to move the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture from the National Capital Region and to reorganize ERS under the Office of the Secretary, a political office.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to exempt from federal government shutdowns agencies that have jurisdiction only over District of Columbia matters but are exclusively or primarily funded by the federal government and not under the District’s control.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” conversation with Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 6D Monday night at 7:00 p.m.