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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today issued the following statement on the life of her friend and Civil Rights leader Julian Bond.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent former President Jimmy Carter, who appointed her as the first woman to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a personal note of encouragement for his recovery from cancer, which was announced earlier this week.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a meeting with supporters of the New Columbia Admission Act (H.R. 317), her bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, today, Tuesday, August 11, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. in 2253 Rayburn House Office Building.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today at noon will visit Right Proper Brewing Company (624 T St. NW), one of a new sector of seven local craft breweries operating in the District of Columbia that she is promoting as an example of the District expanding its brand beyond the national monuments and federal government.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement concerning White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest’s statements on statehood for the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be the featured speaker at a networking meeting hosted by the District of Columbia Chapter of Women Grow, a national professional network supporting female entrepreneurs in the cannabis industry, today, Thursday, August 6, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. at 641 S St. NW, Third Floor.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today applauded a group of Capitol Hill parents whose children and others from around the city will perform a “sing-in” in front of the U.S. Capitol to support equal voting rights and statehood for the District of Columbia on Sunday, August 9, 2015, at 10:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) prepares for Norton’s annual Job Fair on Friday, August 21, 2015, she announced today that she will begin receiving and publicizing data on the number of District of Columbia residents employed and D.C. small businesses contracted at federal construction sites here, achieved though Norton’s legislative work.