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WASHINGTON, D.C.—As a result of a briefing that she requested with National Park Service (NPS) Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks Gay Vietzke, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) learned today for the first time that the current 10-day shutdown of the Washington Monument for purposes of a thorough investigation of its only elevator will likely last longer than 10 days and could stretch well into September.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) called her friend Cora Masters Barry yesterday morning to express her deepest sympathies at the tragic loss of her stepson Marion Christopher Barry, son of the late-D.C. Mayor Marion Barry.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the newest set of available data (June 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.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that 100 employers with jobs across the District of Columbia-region will be at her 19th annual Job Fair to meet with D.C. residents tomorrow, Thursday, August 11, 2016, at the Washington Convention Center (800 Mount Vernon PL NW, Exhibit Hall C).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community conversation with Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6D06 today, Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at 6:00 p.m., at Syphax Gardens (1501 Half Street SW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In commemoration of the recent 51st anniversary of passage of the Voting Rights Act, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that when Congress returns from recess, she will introduce a resolution noting the unusual number of recent court decisions overturning restrictive state voting laws in the North and South because they unconstitutionally deny voting rights to people of color, the elderly, and low-income residents.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter she wrote to District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment Director Tommy Wells, referring to his office, D.C. United, and Pepco several health and environmental concerns raised by D.C. residents in ANC 6D06 related to the planned Buzzard Point D.C. United soccer stadium construction, the nearby Pepco substation, and a concrete facility in Southwest.