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Republicans Double Down with Failed Select Committee Strategy, but Planned Parenthood Wins the Day

October 15, 2015

Planned Parenthood took the high road and a smart turn in the road by announcing that they will continue fetal tissue donations, but will no longer accept reimbursements. They have now taken both legs out from under the Republican attack on Planned Parenthood. With the fetal tissue issue gone, Planned Parenthood has exposed the real attack—on women's health and on constitutionally protected abortion. The other leg is the Planned Parenthood select committee—which is now widely recognized as the Republican default strategy when their committees fail.

Norton Requests Hearing on Airplane Noise Affecting D.C. and Communities Across the Nation

October 15, 2015

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Aviation Subcommittee, today released a letter she wrote to the chairs and ranking members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Aviation Subcommittee requesting a hearing to explore airplane noise and its impacts on residential communities in the District of Columbia and across the United States.

Norton to Host Hispanic Heritage Month Roundtable on the Impact of Hispanic Americans on Elections, Tonight

October 13, 2015

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C.—To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a roundtable with local officials and community leaders to discuss the rise of Hispanic Americans and the Hispanic vote across the nation and in the District of Columbia tonight, Tuesday, October 13, 2015, at Carlos Rosario International Public School Sonia Gutierrez Campus (514 V Street NE) from 7:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Norton Working on Safety Language for Metro

October 9, 2015

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Highways and Transit Subcommittee, was writing an amendment in response to last week’s emergency National Transportation Safety Board Metro recommendation, she said that she was pleased to see that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is already responding and that they seem to be “on the same page.”

Norton Applauds Passage in Committee of Bill to Strengthen Local Justice System in D.C.

October 9, 2015

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) for working with her today to unanimously pass out of committee Senator Ron Johnson’s (R-WI) bill to modernize and improve the daily operations of the District of Columbia Courts, the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS) and the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia (CSOSA).

Norton Makes Progress on Current Funding of Fly-By-Night Schools in D.C. Voucher Bill

October 9, 2015

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the House Oversight and Government Committee (OGR), as expected, passed a bill to reauthorize the District of Columbia private school voucher program on a party-line vote, but Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) was able to make some progress on her effort to eliminate fly-by-night voucher schools, which rely solely on the voucher program for their existence.

Norton Says D.C. Rejects Unsuccessful Private School Voucher Program While Choosing Public Charter Schools and Improved DCPS

October 8, 2015

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released an advance copy of her prepared opening statement ahead of a House Oversight and Government Committee (OGR) markup of a bill to reauthorize the District of Columbia private school voucher program tomorrow, Friday, October 9, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.

Norton Congratulates Channing Phillips on Being Nominated by President Obama to Serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia

October 8, 2015

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today phoned Channing D. Phillips, Senior Counselor to the U.S. Attorney General, to congratulate him on his nomination by President Obama to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.

Norton to Commend Blue Plains for Leading Way on Addressing Climate Change and Clean Water at Dedication of Sustainable Recycling Project, Today

October 7, 2015

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a ribbon cutting ceremony today, Wednesday, October 7, 2015, at 11:00 a.m., at Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant (5000 Overlook Avenue SW), at which the DC Water and Sewage Authority (DC Water) will dedicate its latest green project, the DC Water Digester Project, which is the first thermal hydrolysis facility in North America and the largest in the world.

Norton Says D.C. Bill to Provide In-State Tuition to Undocumented Immigrants Would Fill an Education Gap, Will Defend in Congress

October 7, 2015

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said the bill introduced by District of Columbia Council Chairman Phil Mendelson to allow undocumented immigrants who are D.C. residents to receive in-state tuition at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) fills a significant education gap.

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