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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today met with James and Kelly Ghaisar, the parents of 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar, who was fatally shot by U.S. Park Police officers while he was in his car in Fairfax County, Virginia in November 2017.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today issued the following statement showing three areas of President Trump’s State of the Union address were his rhetoric fell short of the reality of his administration’s promises and actions.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will commemorate the start of Black History Month by offering remarks at an event hosted by District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser today, Thursday, February 1, 2018, at 10:00 a.m., at Howard Theatre (620 T St.).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, called on the committee to hold a hearing on rail safety in light of recent accidents, including today’s fatal accident involving an Amtrak train colliding with a garbage truck in southern Virginia, as well as the derailment of an Amtrak train outside of Seattle, which killed five people.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today issued the following statement after Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) announced he would not seek reelection.

By Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) Sexual harassment, like sex itself, continues to easily capture headlines, but we go blank when it comes to actually doing something about it.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that the General Services Administration’s (GSA) decision to keep the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters at the Hoover Building in the District of Columbia, as reported by the Washington Business Journal, could consolidate thousands of more FBI employees at the Hoover Building and lead to other FBI employees in the region being housed at nearby sites in the District.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who generally appears every other week on the PBS series “To The Contrary,” can be seen on this week’s show airing today, Friday, January 26, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. (WETA), Saturday, January 27, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. (WHUT), and Sunday, January 27, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. (WETA).