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WASHINGTON, D.C.—As 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of Thurgood Marshall’s appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a conversation, entitled “50 Years of Civil Rights Since Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall,” to discuss civil rights, voting rights, Thurgood Marshall, and the Supreme Court on Monday, February 27, 2017, from noon – 2:00 p.m., at Howard University School of Law, Building 355 (2900 Van Ness St. NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) today passed by voice vote her bill (H.R. 1003) to provide the District of Columbia Courts (D.C. Courts) and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS) the same authority that federal courts and federal agencies have to offer voluntary separation incentive payments, or buyouts, to their employees.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she is only in round one to prevent the House of Representatives from taking up a disapproval resolution to nullify the District of Columbia’s medical aid-in-dying bill, the Death with Dignity Act, which was passed by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) last evening.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) markup spoke in strong support for an amendment, introduced by OGR Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD), to protect whistleblowers in the federal government.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she will continue her vigorous defense of the District of Columbia’s medical aid-in-dying bill, the Death with Dignity Act, after the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR), as expected, today passed a disapproval resolution to nullify the local D.C. bill by a vote of 22-14, losing one Democratic vote, but gaining one Republican vote.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released Norton’s prepared opening statement for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) markup of a disapproval resolution to nullify the District of Columbia’s medical aid-in-dying bill, the Death with Dignity Act, this evening, Monday, February 13, 2017, at 5:30 p.m., in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will meet with National Weather Service (NWS) Director Louis Uccellini today, Monday, February 13, 2017, at 1:00 p.m., in 2136 Rayburn House Office Building, to discuss strategies for more accurately measuring snowfall measurements within the boundaries of the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced it will withhold federal transit funds from the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia until the jurisdictions establish a new State Safety Oversight Program (SSOP), certified by FTA, for the rail operations of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).