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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to permanently place a statue depicting Pierre L’Enfant, a District of Columbia citizen and designer of the city’s master plan, in the U.S. Capitol. In response to a D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) competition for D.C. statues in the Capitol in 2006, D.C. residents chose L’Enfant as one of the top ten Americans who have given distinguished service to the District.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) welcomes vocalist Patricia Tommy for a Lunchtime Music on the Mall performance tomorrow, Thursday, June 18, 2015, from noon – 1:00 p.m. on the National Mall, at 7th Street and Jefferson Drive SW.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she will force a floor vote to remove all anti-democratic riders included in the fiscal year 2016 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, which was passed today by the House Appropriations Committee.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today protested on the House floor that she could speak, but not vote, on a resolution to remove troops from Iraq and Syria, unless the President determined it would be unsafe, no later than December 2015 unless troops are authorized.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, today said the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) report of its Safety Management Inspection (SMI) of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) rail and bus systems is a “virtual mandate for continuous monitoring of WMATA to guard against safety lapses that cost lives.”

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 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael P. Huerta to arrange a meeting to discuss persistent helicopter noise throughout the day and night affecting Northwest and Northeast District of Columbia neighborhoods. Helicopter noise was brought to Norton’s attention by residents following a Norton community meeting in May on airplane noise in Ward 3.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—At a briefing of the National Capital Region House Delegation, called by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) alerted the delegation to significant safety concerns at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) following its safety management inspection (SMI) of WMATA’s rail and bus transit systems.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) welcomes the District of Columbia’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts String Orchestra for a Lunchtime Music on the Mall performance tomorrow, Tuesday, June 16, 2015, from noon – 1:00 p.m. on the National Mall, at 7th Street and Jefferson Drive SW.