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October 17, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said evidence of the urgency of her bill to strengthen both the Smithsonian Institution’s fundraising capacity and governance is clear from the Smithsonian’s launch today of a crowdfunding campaign to raise $300,000 to preserve and display Dorothy's ruby red slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” in the National Museum of American History.
October 16, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will attend President Obama’s speech on his administration’s education initiatives tomorrow, Monday, October 17, 2016, at 10:30 a.m., at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School (800 Euclid St. NW).
October 13, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” conversation in conjunction with ANC 4C06 and residents of the Petworth community this evening, Thursday, October 13, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., at the Petworth Branch Library (4200 Kansas Ave. NW).
October 11, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” conversation in conjunction with ANC 7D06 and residents of the Deanwood community this evening, Tuesday, October 11, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., at the Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library (3935 Benning Rd. NE).
October 6, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at an event hosted by the TransSTEM Academy that will bring together 75 General Electric (GE) African American Forum volunteers and more than 200 Cardozo High School and Howard University Middle School of Mathematics & Science students for hands-on lessons in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) subjects today, Thursday, October 6, 2016, at 11:30 a.m., at the Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus (1200 Clifton St NW).
October 5, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—With Congress out of town for an October recess, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced she will host a series of public roundtables on congressional issues of special interest to District of Columbia residents during the District Work Period.
September 29, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the most recent set of available data (July 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.
September 28, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she has protected the District of Columbia’s budget autonomy referendum from being overturned in the fiscal year 2017 continuing resolution (CR) to fund the federal government for two months that was passed by the House of Representatives and Senate today.
Norton to Tout Historic Momentum for D.C. Statehood at ‘Breaking Through Power’ Conference, Tomorrow
September 27, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will give a special address, entitled, “Getting Statehood Through Congress—Strategy And Resources,” at the “Breaking Through Power” conference, hosted by Ralph Nader, tomorrow, Wednesday, September 27, 2016, at 1:20 p.m., at DAR Constitution Hall (1776 D St NW).
September 27, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—After years of working with Glover Park residents to get recognition of Rachel Carson’s work in the District of Columbia, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join residents and Rock Creek Park Superintendent Tara Morrison to unveil a special informational feature in Glover Archbold Park honoring Carson, the environmental pioneer and an inspiration for the development of the environmental movement, today, Tuesday, September 27, 2016, at 1:00 p.m., at 4400 Reservoir Road NW.