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November 14, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), joined by Representatives Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD), today sent a letter to the National Park Service (NPS) urging it to reconsider its proposal to permanently close six athletic fields on the grounds of the Washington Monument and to significantly increase the fees to reserve other fields on the National Mall.
November 13, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a press conference to highlight the House Republican tax reform bill’s (H.R. 1) harmful impact on the District of Columbia today, Monday, November 13, 2017, at 11:00 a.m., at the House Triangle (SE Corner of U.S. Capitol).
November 9, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Because District of Columbia veterans uniquely serve without a vote in Congress, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) took two actions to commemorate Veterans Day, which is on Saturday, November 11, 2017.
November 8, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton’s letter to the House Administration Committee requesting to testify at an upcoming committee hearing on the House’s sexual harassment policies, including whether to require Members and staff to complete sexual harassment training.
November 8, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill that would help address the ongoing crisis of long-term unemployment by giving employers a $5,000 tax credit against their payroll tax liability for each new net person hired who has been unemployed for 27 weeks or longer.
November 7, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has filed an amendment to the 21st Century Flood Reform Act (H.R. 2874) to make the District of Columbia eligible for federal flood mitigation and prevention funding by amending the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA) to include D.C. in the definition of a coastal state
November 3, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at DC Health Link’s Open Enrollment Kick-off Day & Health Fair tomorrow, Saturday, November 4, at noon, at the Shaw (Watha T. Daniel) Neighborhood Library (1630 7th St NW).
November 3, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who authored the nation’s first sexual harassment guidance as the first woman to chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will discuss this burgeoning issue on the PBS series “To The Contrary,” can be seen on this week’s show today, Friday, November 3, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. (WETA), Saturday, November 4, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. (WHUT), and on Sunday, November 5, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. (WETA).
Norton, Speier, Lawrence Urge Colleagues to Require Sexual Harassment Training for Members and Staff
November 3, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA), and Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence (D-MI) today sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to Members of the House of Representatives urging them to adopt mandatory sexual harassment training for their offices, already required for federal agencies.
November 3, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton’s letter to U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia Superior Court Michael Hughes and D.C. Superior Court Chief Judge H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse regarding an incident in which tax documents were left on a curb in D.C. during the eviction of a local tax company earlier this week.