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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.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ranking Member of the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee, today issued the following statement expressing her strong opposition to Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority General Manager Paul Wiedefeld’s proposal to permanently end Metro’s late-night weekend service by shutting the system down at midnight on Fridays and Saturdays and at 10:00 p.m. on Sundays.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her letter to the chairs and ranking members of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) and its Subcommittee on Government Operations requesting a hearing on the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) announcement of unprecedented rate increases for federal employees and retirees enrolled in the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) welcomes local artists Brian Forehand and E.L.P.J. for a Lunchtime Music on the Mall Festival performance today, Thursday, August 4, 2016, from noon – 2:00 p.m., on the National Mall across from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on Jefferson Drive SW between 4th Street and 7th Street SW.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked President Obama for continuing his commitment to giving nonviolent federal offenders, convicted under arcane and harsh drug sentencing laws, a second chance by commuting the sentences of 214 people serving federal sentences, including three District of Columbia residents.