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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has introduced a bill to add the Mayor of the District of Columbia to the list of principals for whom the president can order the nation’s flag be flown at half-staff.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will take to the House floor this evening at approximately 7:10 p.m. to praise new bipartisan support in the District of Columbia for the upcoming referendum in November for D.C. statehood.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will give opening remarks at the 2016 DC Flood Summit, tomorrow, Thursday, September 8, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., at the Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University (800 Florida Ave. NE).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that President Obama has nominated Abid Qureshi to become a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as recommended by Norton. Norton said Qureshi would be the first-ever Muslim appointed to a lifetime tenure judgeship. Qureshi currently is a partner at the law firm Latham & Watkins LLP (Latham).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—When Congress returns from recess, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, the first woman to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will introduce a bill with original cosponsors Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) to prohibit employers from asking job applicants for their salary history before making a job or salary offer.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer words of encouragement in support of survivors and victims of homicide and violent gun crimes at the 11th annual Tragedy Affects All Tea tomorrow, Sunday, August 28, 2016, in the ballroom of the Willard InterContinental Hotel (1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW), at 2:00 p.m.

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.