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April 13, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will march in the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade tomorrow, Saturday, April 14, 2018, beginning at 10:00 a.m., at the intersection of 7th St. NW and Constitution Ave. NW. Norton will march with the Girl Scouts of the National Capital Region.
April 13, 2018
Today, DC begins its commemoration of DC Emancipation Day, when slaves in the nation’s capital were freed 9 months before the Emancipation Proclamation.
April 12, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will use the lead-up to District of Columbia Emancipation Day to highlight her efforts to make D.C. the 51st state, including the historic level of congressional support she has garnered for her statehood bill.
April 11, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the enactment of the Fair Housing Act, which was authored by Senator Edward Brooke (R-MA), the nation’s first popularly-elected African American senator and a native son of the District of Columbia, who served from 1967 to 1979.
April 10, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) is now accepting submissions for the 36th annual Congressional Art Competition. The competition is open to students in grades 8-12 in public, charter and private schools across the District of Columbia. Art must be delivered by May 1, 2018, to Norton’s District’s Office, located at 90 K Street NE, Suite 100.
April 6, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that if Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) meant what he said in an interview with a Florida television station (WTLV), he now supports making his dangerous District of Columbia gun bill even worse.
April 6, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton’s letter to Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) requesting a hearing on the discovery of devices used to spy on the cellphone activity of residents in the national capital region and perhaps elsewhere.
April 3, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the second annual “DC Hires Vets” job fair tomorrow, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. at the DC Armory (2001 E Capitol St. SE).
March 30, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) can be seen on this week’s airing of the PBS series “To The Contrary” today, Friday, March 30, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. (WETA), Saturday, March 31, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. (WHUT), and Sunday, April 1, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. (WETA).
March 28, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—After the recent police shooting of an unarmed African American man in Sacramento, California last week and the decision yesterday by Louisiana officials not to press charges against Baton Rouge officers who shot and killed Alton Sterling, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced she will introduce her bill to establish a grant program from existing Department of Justice funds to create local Task Forces on 21st Century Policing.