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November 1, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) announced that, in response to their request, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Inspector General will conduct a review of the USDA’s proposal to move the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, currently located in the nation’s capital, by the end of 2019, and to reorganize ERS under the Office of the Secretary, a political office.
November 1, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will give the keynote address at the DC Center for the LGBT Community’s annual reception tonight, Thursday, November 1, 2018, at 5:00 p.m., at the Gala Hispanic Theatre (3333 14th St. NW). She will speak about making progress in spite of problems facing the LGBTQ community resulting from actions by the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress.
October 31, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she will request that congressional appropriators provide new funding for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in the pending fiscal year 2019 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill to address serious understaffing at federal prisons in the wake of killings and violence at BOP’s Hazelton facility in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, where more than 500 District of Columbia Code felons are housed.
October 30, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said reports that James “Whitey” Bulger was killed at the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) Hazelton facility in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, points up the urgency of her request for a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) investigation into alleged appalling conditions inmates are facing there.
October 29, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join faith leaders and residents at an interfaith service and solidarity gathering to mourn the 11 lives lost in this weekend’s shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Congregation tonight, Monday, October 29, 2018, at 6:30 p.m., at Adas Israel Congregation (2850 Quebec St. NW).
October 29, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton’s letter to Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Acting Director Hugh J. Hurwitz requesting that he provide information on the fees that BOP charges returning citizens while they live in federally-controlled and funded Residential Reentry Centers (RRCs), commonly referred to as halfway houses.
October 25, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a community meeting to call for the reopening of the Maryland Avenue gate at the National Arboretum on Thursday, November 1, 2018, at 7:00 p.m., in the auditorium at the National Arboretum’s Visitor Center (Use entrance at 2400 R Street NE).
October 25, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will rally today, Thursday, October 25, 2018, at 12:30 p.m., in front of the Hubert H. Humphrey Building (200 Independence Ave. SW) with members of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), which represents employees at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to urge HHS leadership to return to the bargaining table and engage in good-faith contract negotiations with HHS employees.
October 24, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton’s letter to Architect of the Capitol Stephen Ayers and Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael Stenger expressing her deep disappointment that both officials have refused to attend her community meeting tonight on the Louisiana Avenue Bike Lane project.
October 19, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced District of Columbia residents will have the opportunity to provide direct feedback to the D.C. Department of Transportation (DDOT) and other stakeholders regarding the construction of a protected bike lane between Union Station and the U.S. Capitol Grounds on Louisiana Avenue on Wednesday, October 24, 2018, from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., in 2253 Rayburn House Office Building (Second Floor).