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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.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that after Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) attempt to eliminate the District of Columbia’s gun safety laws was resoundingly defeated last night by a vote of 54-45, Paul is now shamefully resorting to procedural gimmicks to try to expedite consideration of his extreme D.C. gun bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today gave remarks at a press conference after attending prayer services at Dar Al-Hijrah, a local Northern Virginia Mosque, to show her support for Muslim Americans in the wake of rising Islamophobia and attacks against Muslim communities and mosques.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Nearly two weeks after a local Northern Virginia Mosque, Dar Al-Hijrah, was attacked with Molotov cocktails and a hoax bomb, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will show her solidarity and support for the American Muslim community by joining Members of Congress in participating in prayer services today, Friday, December 4, 2015, at Dar Al-Hijrah (159 Row Street, Falls Church, VA), at 12:15 p.m.