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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the Congresswoman’s statement on District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposal today to have an updated vote on D.C. statehood on the ballot this November.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s (D-DC) work for women’s rights will take her to New York City on Thursday, April 14, 2016, and on Friday, April 15, 2016.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will present one of the National Action Network’s (NAN) “Keeper of the Dream” awards, an honor given every April by NAN to mark the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s death, to Gloria Steinem as part of NAN’s annual national convention tonight, Thursday, April 14, 2016, at the Sheraton New York Times Square (811 7th Ave. New York, NY).

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released an advance copy of her prepared opening statement ahead of a House Oversight and Government Committee (OGR) markup of a bill to reauthorize the District of Columbia private school voucher program today, Thursday, April 14, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today took to the House floor to tell her colleagues that Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia on Saturday, April 16 is about emancipating the nation’s capital from autocratic congressional control by making D.C. the 51st state of the Union.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—On the week of the 155th anniversary of the start of the Civil War—April 12, 1861—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to recognize and preserve the Civil War Defenses of Washington, located in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today welcomed Team 26, a group of 26 cyclists inspired to action after the 2012 tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, to the District of Columbia as they completed their 400-mile journey from Newtown.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak on the House floor whenever she can secure floor time this week for a series of speeches calling for statehood for the District of Columbia in anticipation of D.C. Emancipation Day on Saturday, April 16, 2016.