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WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Norton will preside at a discussion with prominent D.C. women in celebration of Women’s History Month on Tuesday, March 19th.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today to remove the authority of the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) to review or approve the development of District of Columbia government-owned land.

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, held a hearing with 11 organizations on March 11th focused on mentoring black men and boys from nine separate congressional districts.

WASHINGTON, DC – Ahead of a congressional oversight hearing on the 2020 census tomorrow, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to prohibit the Census Bureau from including questions on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status on the decennial census.

WASHINGTON, D.C – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) chaired a House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit hearing for the first time in the 116th Congress today.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that President Trump today signed into law the federal lands package that contains Norton’s bill that allows the District of Columbia to partner with the National Park Service (NPS) to rehabilitate, operate, and maintain NPS properties in D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) applauded the passage of H.R. 1, the For the People Act, in the U.S. House of Representatives today, marking the first time in American history either chamber of Congress has endorsed statehood for the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) applauded Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) new push for D.C. statehood.