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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today reported that, with the addition of two Senate cosponsors, Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Kamala Harris (D-CA), the Senate companion (S. 1278) to her bill (H.R.1291) to make the District of Columbia the 51st state has set a new record for total Senate cosponsors (22) in a Congress.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has now refused her requests to withdraw his District of Columbia gun bill, which would allow an individual under 21 to purchase assault weapons, such as the AR-15, used by the 19 year old shooter in Parkland, Florida, and high-capacity ammunition magazines, despite his newfound support after the Parkland shooting for raising the age requirement for purchasing a rifle to 21 and his reconsideration of his opposition to a ban on high-capacity magazines.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced she has introduced her Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act to use federal grants to encourage public school systems to provide universal, prekindergarten to every child, regardless of income.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Judicial Nominations Working Group, will speak at a press conference hosted by the NAACP in opposition to President Trump’s nomination of Thomas A. Farr to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina tomorrow, Wednesday, February 28, 2018, at 10:45 a.m., at the United Methodist Building (100 Maryland Ave. NE).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) released the following statement after meeting with U.S. Park Police Chief Robert MacLean and National Park Service (NPS) Acting Director Dan Smith to discuss the bill the Members are drafting to require uniformed federal police officers, including Park Police officers, to wear body cameras and have dashboard cameras in marked vehicles

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today again called on Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) to withdraw his bill that would wipe out most of the District of Columbia’s local gun safety laws in light of his willingness after the Parkland shooting to reconsider his opposition to a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join District of Columbia Councilmembers and Members of Congress to speak at the dedication ceremony to unveil a sign for Boris Nemtsov Plaza (2698-2600 Wisconsin Ave NW), today, Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at noon.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), who says he now supports a ban on the purchase of rifles by an individual under the age of 21, has a pending District of Columbia gun bill that would permit individuals in the District under the age of 21 to purchase assault rifles.