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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement regarding the National Park Service’s (NPS) announcement that philanthropist David M. Rubenstein has pledged the funding needed for NPS to modernize the Washington Monument elevator.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In advance of today’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) SafeTrack program, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she was grateful that the Senate yesterday passed her bill (H.R. 4419) by unanimous consent to enhance financial disclosure requirements for District of Columbia local court judges and to make other improvements to the D.C. courts, sending it to President Obama for his signature.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter from the National Football League (NFL) stating that the NFL had “provided all of our clubs with sample pictures of both the old and new District of Columbia driver’s licenses and have directed them to share this information with their concession management teams” after Norton asked the NFL to take action to ensure all alcohol vendors can recognize D.C. licenses.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the U.S. General Services Administration announcement today of three potential sites for the new Department of Labor (DOL) headquarters means jobs and development where they are needed in the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Jackie Speier (D-CA) today sent President Obama a letter urging him to take executive action to prohibit federal contractors from seeking the salary history of prospective employees.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the most recent data available (September 2016) on the number of District of Columbia residents hired to work at federal construction sites in the District and D.C. small businesses with subcontracts at the sites.