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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will speak at a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of a 450,000 square-foot development project in the Capitol Riverfront neighborhood at 2:00 p.m. at 99 M Street SE. The development of the new parcel resulted from Norton's Southeast Federal Center Public-Private Development Act of 2000, which allowed private sector development of federal land for the first time.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Following the tragic shooting death of an unarmed man, Walter Scott, in North Charleston, South Carolina by a police officer, who has been charged with murder, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said as soon as Congress returns from recess it should take up legislation to equip police officers with body cameras and to pass her bill to establish a grant program from existing Department of Justice funds to create local Task Forces on 21st Century Policing.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Norton will host a roundtable commemorating National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month in April entitled, “Combating Sexual Assault on Campus: A Search for Realistic Remedies,” at American University on Thursday, April 23, from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that Norton, a member of the House Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, will host a roundtable on U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) holdover leases in the national capital region on Thursday, April 16, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. in 2253 Rayburn House Office Building.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In the wake of national concern and demonstrations, the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced two actions to reduce racial profiling. Norton wrote U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx requesting regulations or appropriate action to implement her anti-racial-profiling amendment passed by the House and signed into law as part of the fiscal year 2015 omnibus appropriations bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the April 15 deadline for filing taxes approaches, the office Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) alerted residents that due to budget cuts to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), after April 15 there will be substantial reductions in IRS services and resources, both in-person and over the phone.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement regarding the framework for a final nuclear deal reached today among Iran and the United States and major world powers that would phase out economic sanctions in return for Iran agreeing to reduce the size and scope of its nuclear program: