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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) will host a media availability after they meet with U.S. Park Police Chief Robert MacLean tomorrow, Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., in 2136 Rayburn House Office Building.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that, fortunately, Congress has preempted President Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget, released today, with its bipartisan budget deal passed last week that significantly boosted domestic spending levels by $131 billion over the next two years, dramatically exceeding Trump’s fiscal year 2018 and 2019 budgets.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer remarks during the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) 2018 Legislative Conference on Sunday, February 11, 2018, at 1:30 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill (400 New Jersey Avenue NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) 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.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, chaired by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), will hold a hearing on Wednesday, February 14, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., in 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building on a Norton-Murkowski bill (H.R. 2897/S. 1956) that clarifies that the District of Columbia and the National Park Service have the authority to enter into cooperative management agreements to maintain and operate NPS properties in the city, such as Franklin Park.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a statement regarding President Trump’s reported directive for a military parade in the District of Columbia. Each year, Norton secures a federal payment to the District to cover emergency planning and security costs of large-scale events and demonstrations, including the presidential inauguration.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement as the nation recognizes National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day today.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton’s letter to Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Mark Inch following up on their meeting in December, where Norton raised several issues of concern to the District of Columbia regarding BOP, which houses D.C. Code felons.