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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the opening of the official National Park Service (NPS) Frederick Douglass bicentennial celebration tomorrow, Saturday, February 17, 2018, at 10:30 a.m., at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (1411 W St. SE).

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, February 16, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. (WETA), Saturday, February 17, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. (WHUT), and Sunday, February 18, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. (WETA).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that, as part of her fight to protect the District of Columbia’s right to self-government, as well as LGBT and reproductive rights in D.C., she would introduce a bill to end the unique applicability of the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) to the District.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she was grateful that President Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget (for next year) provided $400 million for the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) headquarters at St. Elizabeths in Ward 8, demonstrating the administration’s understanding that “this project has gone too far to stop now.”

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after the House of Representatives adjourned for a week today without holding a moment of silence for the victims of yesterday’s tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will speak at a congressional ceremony honoring the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Douglass on Wednesday, February 14, 2018, at 5:30 p.m., in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center (First St NE).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today reported that with the addition of four cosponsors—Representatives Joe Kennedy III (D-MA), Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH), Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Mike Thompson (D-CA)—her bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state has now attracted over cosponsorship by over 75 percent (146) of the House Democratic Caucus.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will participate in two events—one local and one national—to honor the life of Frederick Douglass tomorrow, Wednesday, February 14, 2018. February 14 was Douglass’ adopted birthday.