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June 4, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host her annual Service Academy College Fair and Sendoff to help District of Columbia students get a free, all-expense paid college education and to present her eleven 2018 appointees to the U.S. Service Academies and Service Academy Preparatory Schools on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., at Woodrow Wilson High School (3950 Chesapeake St NW).
June 4, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will announce the winners of the annual Congressional Art Competition, including the first place winner, whose artwork will hang in the Capitol, at an awards and prizes ceremony for District of Columbia students, parents and teachers tomorrow, Tuesday, June 5, 2018, from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., at the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (1050 First St NE).
June 4, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton’s letter to the Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Hugh J. Hurwitz, criticizing the BOP for failing to notify her of the status of the Residential Reentry Management Center contract with Hope Village.
June 1, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she was delighted to announce two additional SummerSet DC performances, rainchecks for two that had to be cancelled due to weather.
May 31, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said her defense of the District of Columbia’s Local Budget Autonomy Act (BAA) got a boost against the pending fourth attempt by Republicans to repeal the BAA, after a federal district court judge in the District yesterday dismissed the only pending lawsuit challenging the legality of the BAA.
May 31, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) tonight will discuss her bills that have enabled the redevelopment of the Southwest and Southeast Waterfronts in the District of Columbia at the celebration of the 25th anniversary of PN Hoffman, the lead developer of The Wharf.
May 31, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) continues to fight attempts in Congress to wipe out the District of Columbia’s local gun violence prevention laws, she announced today that she would introduce a resolution both to designate June as “National Gun Violence Awareness Month” and to call on Congress to pass national gun violence prevention legislation.
May 30, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), co-chair of the Congressional Quiet Skies Caucus, will host a community meeting on reducing helicopter noise in the District of Columbia with federal agencies that fly helicopters and manage flight paths in D.C. and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) tonight, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at 6:00 p.m., at the West End Library (2301 L St. NW).
May 29, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that when Congress returns from the Memorial Day recess she will introduce legislation to allow local District of Columbia court nominees to be seated after a 30-day congressional review period unless a resolution of disapproval is enacted during that period.
May 29, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), co-chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus, will host a community meeting on reducing helicopter noise in the District of Columbia to hear from residents and representatives of federal agencies that fly helicopters and manage flight paths in D.C. on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at 6:00 p.m., at the West End Library (2301 L St. NW).