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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a special ceremony celebrating the conveyance of the Water Reed Public Health Parcel to Children’s National Medical Center today, Thursday, November 17, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., at Children’s National (Children’s Search Atrium, 111 Michigan Ave. NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her bill, the Open and Transparent Smithsonian Act of 2015 (H.R. 3387), to subject the Smithsonian Institution to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Sunshine Act, and the Privacy Act was passed today by voice vote by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she will vigorously defend the District of Columbia’s medical aid-in-dying bill, the Death with Dignity Act, from congressional interference. Organizations for and against the bill have announced their intention to lobby Congress on it.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her bill to subject the Smithsonian Institution to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Sunshine Act, and the Privacy Act will be marked up in a business meeting of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) tomorrow, Wednesday, November 16, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has signed on to a letter being circulated to Members of Congress by Representative David Cicilline (D-RI) requesting that President-elect Donald Trump rescind his appointment of alt-right leader Steve Bannon as White House Chief Strategist.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today blasted Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC) for wasting no time in introducing a bill yesterday to use congressional power to interfere with and alter the District of Columbia’s local occupational licensing laws.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her biennial letter to new members of the House and Senate, offering useful information on why they might want to live in one of “the world’s most beautiful and pleasant cities” and inviting them to cosponsor her District of Columbia statehood bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) expressed her profound sadness and deep condolences to the family of her friend, PBS NewsHour anchor Gwen Ifill, upon hearing of Gwen’s passing today. Norton issued the following statement.