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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement today on the passing of Martha Wright, the District of Columbia grandmother who successfully petitioned the Federal Communications Commission FCC to change inmate calling services, which had allowed phone companies to charge prison inmates exorbitant phone rates to call their friends and loved ones:
Washington, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Norton has been elected by her fellow Democrats on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to return as Ranking Member of its Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. The Committee is considered particularly important because it has one of the largest authorization bills in the Congress and impacts every congressional district. Norton's subcommittee is due to write the surface transportation authorization bill, the major authorization bill from the committee this year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked her good friend, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD-5), for introducing a House resolution to amend the House Rules and allow U.S. Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to vote on the House Floor in the Committee of the Whole.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement regarding the announcement that U.S. Parole Commission (USPC) Chairman Isaac Fulwood Jr. will be retiring, effective at the end of the month:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that newly elected District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser will be her guest for tonight's State of the Union address.
"I am pleased to welcome Mayor Bowser to the Capitol tonight for President Obama's State of the Union address," Norton said. "As the 114th Congress begins, we want to demonstrate that there should be a strong partnership, not a contentious relationship, between local D.C. elected officials and members of Congress."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) tomorrow will commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at two events. Norton will give the keynote address at the opening ceremony of George Washington University's annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service and Leadership program. She will speak about how her activism during the Civil Rights Movement aides her work in Congress and relates to today's issues. The event honors Dr.