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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she was deeply saddened and shocked to learn of the death of a promising young District of Columbia resident, activist A.J. Cooper, who, at age 34, suddenly passed away from a heart attack earlier today.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a former chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), said she was very pleased by the Senate confirmation of Charlotte Burrows as a new EEOC Commissioner, as well as the confirmation of P. David Lopez for his second term as EEOC General Counsel.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she was pleased that the final fiscal year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), released yesterday, contains two wins for the District of Columbia: a provision that re-designates Pershing Park as the World War I Memorial, laying to rest any possible nationalization of D.C.'s War Memorial, and, for the third-
A new generation of young people of every race is demonstrating nonviolently to make sure that the larger meaning of the Michael Brown tragedy is not lost.
(Norton delivers a speech on the House floor about the Michael Brown tragedy - 12/1/14)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a World AIDS Day event Monday, December 1, at 11:45 a.m. at the United Methodist Building in the District of Columbia (100 Maryland Avenue, NE).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will mark Small Business Saturday, a national day that celebrates small businesses in local communities, on Saturday, November 29, at 2:00 p.m. by visiting Nubian Hueman Boutique Lounge (1231 Good Hope Road SE). She will be accompanied by the Administrator of the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton will speak at the George Didden Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony this Saturday, November 29, at 5:50 p.m. at 8th Street and Pennsylvania Ave SE, the Northeast quadrant of the Eastern Market Metro Plaza, her home community.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will begin Thanksgiving weekend by speaking at the Fourth Annual Military Thanksgiving Dinner, Friday, November 28, at 6:20 p.m. at Arena Stage (1101 6th St. SW). The event takes place in gratitude to servicemembers and their families.