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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee and a member of the “Big Four” transportation leaders that introduced the six-year surface transportation bill that passed the House today, released the following statement after the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) Board named Paul Wiedefeld as the agency’s new General Manager and Chief Executive Officer.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—With the 2015-2016 open enrollment period for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act launching this week, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to relieve the District of a portion of Medicaid costs it has uniquely borne for years.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced María E. Holleran Rivera as the newest member of her Federal Law Enforcement Nominating Commission. The Commission screens and recommends candidates for important federal law enforcement positions in the District of Columbia from whom Norton chooses her recommendations to the President.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has redoubled her efforts to ensure that the District of Columbia’s right to self-government is preserved as final negotiations begin on a fiscal year 2016 omnibus spending bill, with Republican House and Senate leaders insisting that controversial riders be included in the bill.

Following three days of debate, during which over 100 amendments were considered, the U.S. House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan, multi-year surface transportation bill to reauthorize and reform federal highway, transit, and highway safety programs.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today called her friend, Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, upon learning of his decision to retire at the end of next year and issued the following statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter she wrote to Architect of the Capitol Stephen Ayers and District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT) Director Leif Dormsjo urging support for the construction of a protected bicycle lane facility on Louisiana Avenue NE between Union Station and the U.S. Capitol Grounds.