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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congressman Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-DC) today called for continued focus on improving bicyclist and pedestrian safety in response to the troubling increase in pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in recent years.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As part of her continued efforts to address debilitating airplane noise in District of Columbia neighborhoods, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today cosponsored the Silent Skies Act (H.R. 4171), introduced by Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus Joseph Crowley (D-NY), which seeks to reduce airplane noise pollution by requiring airlines to begin stocking fleets with newer, quieter aircraft.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today was one of the six House Members, along with House and Senate leadership, selected to offer readings at the Capitol Visitor Center’s Emancipation Hall to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery in the United States. In her reading, Norton told the story of the District of Columbia’s own journey to emancipation.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today, at an Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) hearing, criticized Republicans for putting all of their energy into protecting a dying coal mining industry unable to survive in today’s energy competition, even in the face of devastating statistics on harmful health effects and water contamination caused by coal mining.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will help cut the ribbon of the newest MedStar Georgetown University Hospital KIDS Mobile Medical Clinic/Ronald McDonald Care Mobile today, Tuesday, December 7, 2015, at 12:00 p.m., at King Greenleaf Recreation Center (201 N St. SW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the Supreme Court’s refusal today to consider a challenge to a Chicago suburb’s ban on assault weapons and large capacity magazines will help her defend the District of Columbia’s similar ban on assault weapons and large capacity magazines, particularly in light of Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) bill to eliminate D.C.’s gun safety laws today being placed on the Senate calendar, which can be scheduled for floor time at any time by the Majority Leader.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community conversation with the Lamond-Riggs Citizens Association tonight, December 7, 2015, from 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., at LaSalle-Backus Education Campus (501 Riggs Rd. NE).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior Member of the House Aviation Subcommittee, today released a letter she wrote to the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Appropriation Subcommittees with jurisdiction over aviation in a renewed effort to address late night and early morning airplane noise in the Palisades, Foxhall, other District of Columbia neighborhoods, and communities across the country.