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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys will host a Father’s Day roundtable discussion, entitled “Making Young Black Men in the Prime Early Adulthood Years (16–24 years old) Visible and Strong,” on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at 1:00 p.m., in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building. Caucus Co-Chairs Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) have chosen Father’s Day to bring increased attention to young African American men who did not finish high school or receive a college education.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host her annual Service Academy College Fair and Sendoff to present her 2016 nominees to the U.S. service academies and to encourage current District of Columbia high school students to attend the service academies today, Thursday, June 9, 2016, from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library (901 G St. NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she was grateful to her allies on the House Appropriations Committee—Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee Ranking Member José Serrano (D-NY) and Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Barbara Lee (D-CA)—for offering amendments to remove anti-home-rule riders embedded in the fiscal year 2017 District of Columbia appropriations bill, which passed at today’s committee markup.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that a Norton amendment to the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 (H.R. 4775) has been made in order for consideration and a vote on the House floor this afternoon. Norton said the bill is a systematic attack on the Clean Air Act by undermining the act’s key air-quality provisions that protect Americans from air pollution.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she will be hosting a roundtable entitled, “Making the Best Use of D.C.’s Marinas and Rivers” on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. at 200 I (Eye) St. SE (First Floor Multipurpose Room).

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.