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November 30, 2016
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.
November 29, 2016
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.
November 29, 2016
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.
November 21, 2016
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.
November 17, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) yesterday at a House Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing on the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) review of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2016 site tests questioned Census Bureau and GAO officials about what she calls “the enigma of minorities” in every census, individuals who are more difficult to reach.
November 17, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will take special order time on the House floor to discuss last week’s overwhelming vote by District of Columbia residents to approve a referendum that advises the D.C. Council to petition Congress for statehood, today, Thursday, November 17, 2016, at approximately 12:45 p.m.
November 17, 2016
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).
November 16, 2016
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).
November 16, 2016
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.
November 15, 2016
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.