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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) reports that the District of Columbia statehood bill's 93 original cosponsors, a record number of Members who cosponsored the bill before its introduction, ranks in the top 1% of the 662 bills introduced thus far in the 114^th Congress. The previous record of original cosponsors for the New Columbia Admission Act was at the beginning of the 100^th Congress, in 1987, when 69 Members, all Democrats, cosponsored, representing 26.7% of House Democrats.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will tour the Anacostia River Tunnel Project Site in Southeast Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 16 at 1:00 PM, and will be joined by Vice President Joe Biden, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that an additional $48.6 million for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) consolidation at St. Elizabeths in Ward 8 was included in the fiscal year 2015 DHS Appropriations bill, which passed the House today. The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Omnibus), which was enacted into law in December, provided $1144 million for DHS consolidation at St. Elizabeths and the surrounding infrastructure improvements.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Building on the unprecedented hearing in the Senate last Congress, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), today introduced her bill to make the District of Columbia the 51^st state, with a record number of original cosponsors. Last Congress was history-making for the District's efforts to achieve statehood. Norton's statehood bill had a record number of cosponsors in both the House and the Senate, including the top four Senate Democratic Leaders, among them then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee, today said that Norton had requested a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) staff briefing, which occurred this afternoon, and a regional member briefing, which will take place Wednesday, January 21^st, at a location to be determined, on Monday's Metro incident. NTSB promised to expedite its preliminary report in fewer than the usual 30 days.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement regarding yesterday's Metro incident that resulted in one death, two critical injuries, and 84 passengers being treated for smoke inhalation and various injuries:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a remembrance of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, whose funeral service was held Tuesday, January 6, 2015.

For Mario Cuomo

"I am among millions of Americans who will not forget three-term governor of New York, Mario Cuomo, who was laid to rest Tuesday. My reasons go beyond his stature as the sage who made poetry out of policy and championed the forgotten middle class and poor in ways that ring especially true today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today offered her thoughts on the announcement that her friend, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), will not be seeking reelection to the U.S. Senate.