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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.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” conversation in conjunction with Northwest Neighbors Village this afternoon, Monday, November 14, 2016, at 2:00 p.m., at 4901 Connecticut Ave. NW.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) wrote the U.S. Secret Service, National Park Service (NPS), and the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT) requesting that appropriate agency officials discuss with her potential accommodations for bicyclists and pedestrians impacted by temporary closures of Pennsylvania Avenue and Lafayette Park caused by the construction of grandstands for the inauguration parade.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) this week wrote the National Weather Service to change its official snowfall-measuring site for the District of Columbia from Ronald Reagan National Airport to a site located in the District.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement today after District of Columbia voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum that advises the D.C. Council to petition Congress for statehood.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—After receiving a report that some District of Columbia residents at Hope Village Residential Reentry Center had been denied permission to vote in today’s election, the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) placed a call to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), which has jurisdiction over federal halfway houses, including those in the District, to clear up what appeared to be confusion about who is eligible to register and vote in D.C.