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April 12, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join President Obama and offer remarks at a designation of a new national monument honoring the movement for women’s equality today, Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., at 144 Constitution Ave NE. The Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument, previously known as the Sewall-Belmont House, will protect the house that has served as the headquarters for the National Woman’s Party since 1929.
April 8, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her letter to the National Park Service (NPS) expressing her concern about the repeated delays on the project to rebuild and repave roads in Fort Dupont Park.
April 7, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the most recent statistics, February 2016, on the number of District of Columbia residents employed and D.C. small businesses contracted at federal construction projects in the city resulting from Norton’s legislative work, which show some improvement.
April 5, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community conversation with the Shepherd Park Citizens Association tonight, Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., at Shepherd Elementary School (7800 14th St. NW).
April 1, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), the two Democratic leaders on the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives (BLAG) for again declining to join an amicus brief filed today in federal court that expresses the view of the House that the District of Columbia budget autonomy referendum is invalid.
April 1, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—With the latest shutdown of the Washington Monument elevator—the second closure this week and the fifth since the Monument reopened after the 2013 earthquake— Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today called the National Park Service (NPS) for the second time this week seeking answers.
March 31, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will read from her letter to Eulen America today at 12:30 p.m. at a rally at Gravelly Point Park, north of the Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) along the Potomac River, in support of airline contract workers seeking collective bargaining under SEIU 32BJ as part of a nationwide 24-hour strike to go from 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2016 to 9:00 p.m. Thursday, March 31, 2016.
March 29, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today called Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks Gay Vietzke upon learning that the Washington Monument’s only elevator had broken down for the fifth time since it reopened in 2014 after extensive repairs to the structure and the elevator following earthquake damage.
March 29, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) is now accepting submissions for the 35th annual Congressional Art Competition. The competition is open to students in grades 8-12 in public, charter, and private schools across the District of Columbia. The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 22, 2016.
March 28, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today was among those who were locked down after shots were fired in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.