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July 25, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a resolution marking Saturday, July 28, 2018, as National Dance Day, celebrated annually on the last Saturday of July.
July 24, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked the National Park Service (NPS) for withdrawing its proposal to restrict organized recreational sports on the National Mall and increase permitting fees.
July 24, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today blasted Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) for filing an anti-democratic amendment on the floor to the Senate’s fiscal year 2019 District of Columbia Appropriations bill to prohibit the District from using its local funds to carry out the Health Insurance Requirement Amendment Act of 2018, which requires D.C. residents to have health insurance and is modeled on the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate.
July 19, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Although the fiscal year 2019 District of Columbia Appropriations bill passed by the House today contains a record seven anti-home-rule riders, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she believes she will be able to keep most of these Republican riders out of the final spending bill.
July 17, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will give remarks at a kick-off celebration of the 20th anniversary of the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum tomorrow, Wednesday, July 18, 2018, at 11:00 a.m., at 1925 Vermont Ave. NW.
July 17, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today took to the House floor during debate on the rule for the House’s fiscal year 2019 District of Columbia Appropriations bill to shame Republicans for launching a record number of attacks on the District of Columbia’s local laws and spending policies.
July 17, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak on the House floor this afternoon at approximately 12:45 p.m. after the Rules Committee last night did not make in order her amendments to strike five anti-home-rule riders from the House’s fiscal year 2019 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, even though Norton’s amendments complied with House rules.
July 16, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released Norton’s testimony in support of her amendments to strike all five anti-home-rule riders from the House’s fiscal year 2019 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, as well as in opposition to three filed anti-home-rule amendments, ahead of a House Rules Committee hearing/markup scheduled for today, Monday, July 16, 2018, at 5:00 p.m., in H-313 (U.S. Capitol).
July 16, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today requested a briefing from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials on reported raids conducted by ICE last week in the Mt. Pleasant and Columbia Heights neighborhoods in the District of Columbia.
July 16, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today strongly criticized the Trump administration for its continued refusal to give her the ordinary courtesy of at least some consultation or notice on nominations for federal law enforcement officials serving the District of Columbia after the administration last week announced its intent to nominate Richard S. Tischner, of Virginia, to serve as director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia (CSOSA).