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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill that would help address the ongoing crisis of long-term unemployment.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her letter to Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Acting Administrator Therese McMillan following up on her original request that FTA continue financial monitoring of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) while considering changes to the current paper method of monitoring to ease WMATA’s dependence on short-term borrowing for operational expenses.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after the National Park Service (NPS) announced that the Washington Monument’s main elevator will be closed until early next week until a damaged elevator control box is repaired.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), in conjunction with Destination DC, the District of Columbia’s official tourism and marketing office, will host a Capitol Hill event on Friday, February 19, 2016, from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., in 345 Cannon House Office Building (Cannon Caucus Room) to showcase D.C.’s local restaurants, nightlife, museums, shops, theaters, neighborhoods, and other tourist attractions to congressional and other regional staffers.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community conversation with the Kingman Park Civic Association tonight, Thursday, February 18, 2016, from 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., at St. Benedict the Moor Church (320 21st St. NE).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will give remarks at the University of the District of Columbia’s (UDC) 40th Anniversary Founders’ Day Celebration tomorrow, February 18, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., on UDC’s Van Ness Campus at the Theater of the Arts Auditorium (Connecticut Ave. at Windom Circle, NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be the featured guest at a Black Heritage Celebration hosted by George Washington University tonight, February 17, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., in Room B07 at the George Washington School of Media & Public Affairs (805 21st St. NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will commemorate Black History Month by hosting a community discussion entitled, “Young Black Empowerment: A Roundtable on Millennial Success Stories” on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., at the Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School Library (2427 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE).