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April 28, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today called Todd Edelman and Florence Pan to inform them that President Obama would nominate them to become judges on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as recommended by Norton. Edelman and Pan both currently serve as Associate Judges on the Superior Court for the District of Columbia.
April 26, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a congressional roundtable on federal construction projects in the District of Columbia featuring construction companies on the projects, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), District of Columbia workers and D.C. small businesses contracted at the sites on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at 6:00 p.m., in 2253 Rayburn House Office Building.
April 26, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be interviewed at the International Association of Exhibitions and Events’ (IAEE) Women's Leadership Forum today, Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at 3:30 p.m., at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mt. Vernon PL. NW).
April 25, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) for voting to confirm three D.C. Superior Court nominees—Julie H. Becker, Steven N. Berk, and Elizabeth C. Wingo.
April 22, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer remarks at the inaugural National Cannabis Festival tomorrow, Saturday, April 23, 2016, at 2:30 p.m., at the Festival Grounds at RFK Stadium (2400 East Capitol Street SE).
April 22, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said the U.S. Department of the Treasury will allocate an additional $28.7 million to District of Columba residents in an effort to prevent foreclosures and help the District housing market.
April 21, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to provide the District of Columbia Courts (D.C. Courts) and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS) with the same authority that federal courts and federal agencies have to offer voluntary separation incentive payments, or buyouts, to their employees.
April 20, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community conversation with the River Terrace Community Organization tonight, Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., at the River Terrace Education Campus (420 34th St. NE).
April 20, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that her Federal Law Enforcement Nominating Commission is accepting applications for an upcoming vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge Rosemary Collyer will take senior status on May 18, 2016, creating a vacancy.
April 20, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In another victory for equality for the District of Columbia, the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today passed her bill to require the Library of Congress to install the District’s seal in the stained-glass windows of the Thomas Jefferson Building’s Main Reading Room, which contains the seals of all states and territories that existed when the building was constructed, except for the District seal.