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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who enforced the 1963 Equal Pay Act (EPA) as a former chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, today introduced the Fair Pay Act of 2017 (FPA), to help eliminate the gender wage gap by requiring men and women doing comparable work to be paid comparable wages.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she would vigorously defend from congressional interference a bill passed by the District of Columbia Council today that requires health plans to provide coverage for preventive health services for women, including contraceptives.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on the passing of her good friend and former Ward 6 Councilmember Sharon Ambrose.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Judicial Nomination Working Group, will co-host a CBC special order on the House floor with CBC members to oppose the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court tonight, Monday, April 3, 2017, at approximately 8:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today at a House Government Operations Subcommittee hearing on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) SafeTrack maintenance program and WMATA’s financial situation called out the federal government as a “free rider,” because it is the only regional actor that relies on Metro that does not contribute to WMATA’s operationing budget.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on the passing of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Roger Wilkins.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill that would give the District of Columbia exclusive authority, like states and U.S. territories, to grant clemency for criminal convictions under its laws. The District of Columbia Home Rule Clemency Act is part of Norton’s “Free and Equal D.C.” series.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), which administers the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG), a federal program Norton created, for announcing today that the city intends to clarify that students 18 years of age or older may participate in DCTAG, regardless of their parents’ immigration status, and that parents with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) may establish domicile.