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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will open this year’s Small Business Fair at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mount Vernon Place NW, 2nd Floor, Room 202A) with a press conference, where she will announce the winner of the 2016 District of Columbia Small Business of the Year tomorrow, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at 10:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the region prepares for Metro’s SafeTrack safety overhaul, beginning this Saturday, the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said her bill to reroute trains carrying certain hazardous materials from selected high-threat urban areas, including the District of Columbia, is a further step to enhance safety along Metro lines.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked Senator James Lankford (R-OK) after the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee passed his bill (S. 2966) to enhance financial disclosure requirements for District of Columbia local court judges and to make other improvements to the D.C. courts.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—After the District of Columbia Council today passed its fiscal year 2017 local budget, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she is poised to take action to keep the budget from being overturned by a disapproval resolution during the congressional review period.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) noted that just before Members recessed for Memorial Day, the House voted last Wednesday to overturn a referendum overwhelmingly passed by District of Columbia residents.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the Senate yesterday confirmed Patrick Burke to serve as U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia. Burke, whom Norton recommended to President Obama, is an Assistant Chief in the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today expressed her deep gratitude to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) for strongly condemning House Republicans for voting to overturn a referendum overwhelmingly ratified by District of Columbia voters in 2013 that granted the District budget autonomy.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after House Republicans voted this afternoon to overturn a referendum ratified overwhelmingly by District of Columbia voters in 2013 that granted the District budget autonomy.