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November 12, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today issued the following statement following reports that a U.S. Secret Service uniformed officer has been charged with soliciting a 14-year-old girl for sex, the result of a sting operation.
November 12, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced a victory for the Glover Park community in the agreement by the National Park Service (NPS) to consider installing a feature in Glover Archbold Park honoring Rachel Carson, the environmental pioneer and an inspiration for the development of the environmental movement.
November 11, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today expressed her deep gratitude to District of Columbia veterans and other veterans across the nation for their service and sacrifice and introduced a new bill for veterans.
November 10, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, today released a report she requested from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) on the status of GSA holdover leases in the National Capital Region (NCR).
November 10, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that when Congress returns from recess next week, Norton will introduce a bill to require certain officials who serve the District of Columbia to live in the city.
November 10, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community conversation with the Penn Branch Citizens Civic Association tonight, Tuesday, November 10, 2015, from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church (3000 Pennsylvania Ave. SE).
November 9, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the first woman to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), said she was stunned and saddened to learn of the passing of former EEOC Chair Jacqueline Berrien.
November 9, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement after the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) announced today that it would welcome the District of Columbia as a member of the organization.
November 6, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on the President’s decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline project permit.
November 5, 2015
By Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
Some have wondered why I recommended a new U.S. Attorney for the District, Channing Phillips, instead of Vincent Cohen, who was Principal U.S. Attorney under former U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen, and why President Obama, after doing his own investigation, nominated Mr. Phillips.
Mr. Phillips and Mr. Cohen were both exceptionally well-qualified candidates with virtually the same experience in the U.S. Attorney's Office.