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WASHINGTON, D.C.—On the one-week anniversary of the historic Democratic sit-in on the House floor, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be joined by Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Cathy Lanier and District of Columbia families and friends of victims of gun violence at a roundtable on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at 5:00 p.m., at Martin Luther King Memorial Library (901 G St. NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked her colleagues in the Senate for voting to confirm three D.C. Superior Court nominees—Julie H. Becker, Steven N. Berk, and Elizabeth C. Wingo.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—After sitting-in yesterday on the House floor to call for a vote on common-sense legislation to address gun violence, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser at a press conference today to send a message to Congress to stop continuous, undemocratic attempts to eliminate D.C.’s gun safety laws and instead vote on common-sense gun legislation.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that she was able to keep the three Republican amendments to the House fiscal year 2017 District of Columbia appropriations bill targeting D.C.’s gun safety laws from being made in order by the House Rules Committee yesterday.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she is sick of Republicans treating the House fiscal year 2017 District of Columbia appropriations bill like fly paper for anti-home-rule amendments, and said that apparently Representative David Schweikert (R-AZ) did not want to be left out. Schweikert filed an amendment late yesterday to eliminate the District’s requirement that a person applying for a carry permit demonstrate a “good reason” for carrying.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked the Obama administration for issuing a Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) opposing the anti-home-rule riders in the House fiscal year 2017 District of Columbia appropriations bill and supporting D.C. budget autonomy.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that she and her congressional allies will offer amendments to remove the anti-home-rule riders from the fiscal year 2017 District of Columbia appropriations bill when it comes before the House this week

WASHINGTON, D.C.—With Americans still mourning the loss of 49 individuals in last week’s mass shooting at a gay night club in Orlando, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that two Members of Congress have virtually targeted the LGBT community again by filing amendments to the fiscal year 2017 District of Columbia appropriations bill, scheduled to go to the House floor this week, that would strip LGBT students in D.C. of protections from discrimination and would eliminate several D.C. gun safety laws.