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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today blasted Representative Steve King (R-IA) for introducing a bill attacking the District of Columbia's local labor laws. King’s bill, the Freedom from Union Violence Act of 2017, would make it a special federal crime to engage in violence during a labor dispute solely within the District, but not solely within states.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak to District of Columbia seniors at the 18th Annual Safeway Feast of Sharing today, Wednesday, November 22, 2017, and speak at approximately 11:20 a.m., at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mt. Vernon PL NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Republican Senate fiscal year 2018 District of Columbia appropriations bill does not contain any anti-home-rule riders, exempts D.C. from a shutdown in fiscal year 2019, and provides funds for many of Norton’s legislative priorities.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the first woman to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will discuss the topical issue of addressing sexual harassment on Capitol Hill and beyond on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” tomorrow, Sunday, November 19, 2017, at 9:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the 2017 Annual Adoption Day Celebration being held tomorrow, Saturday, November 17, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. – noon, at the Moultrie Courthouse (500 Indiana Ave. NW). The annual event celebrates the adoptions of children in the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) yesterday met with her Congressional Latino Council on the economic, legal and humanitarian issues facing District of Columbia DREAMers and the large number of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders in the District.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has appointed Norton to serve on the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission, which was established by Norton’s bill (Public Law 115-77).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today at an Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) hearing questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General John Roth regarding the federal government’s slow response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands following Hurricane Maria, which made landfall there eight weeks ago.