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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D-MA) and the House Democratic leadership for restoring the District of Columbia’s vote on the House floor in the Committee of the Whole in the rules package for the 116th Congress.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51) to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, her first bill of the 116th Congress. She introduced the bill with 156 original cosponsors, a new record, up from the previous record Norton set in the 115th Congress (116).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a press conference with District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson to announce the introduction of H.R. 51, her bill to make the District the 51st state, on Friday, January 4, 2019, at 11:00 a.m., in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building (Committee on Oversight and Reform).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton’s letter to United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Megan Brennan regarding widespread complaints of inconsistent and failed mail delivery and a lack of USPS responsiveness in the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the First Step Act, which overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives today and now heads to the President, will apply to District of Columbia Code felons, who are the only local offenders housed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the possibility of a federal government shutdown looms large, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today assured District of Columbia residents that a provision she got included in the fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill will keep the D.C. government open if the federal government partially shuts down this Saturday, when the current short-term continuing resolution expires.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her letter to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi requesting an investigation into the conditions faced by Ugandan LGBT refugees at the UNHCR Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) yesterday introduced two bills to bring her total to 95 bills, the most by any House Member in the 115th Congress.