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October 22, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a "Norton in Your Neighborhood" community conversation with Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) to discuss the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), the impact of recent rulings on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and other congressional matters tomorrow, October 23, from 7:00 p.m.


October 22, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will give opening remarks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of a new health center today, October 22, around 12:30 p.m. at Community Connections, 801 Pennsylvania Avenue SE.


October 22, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today offered condolences to the family of Benjamin C.


October 21, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), former chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will deliver opening remarks at the swearing-in ceremony of Jenny R. Yang, the first Asian-American EEOC chair, today, October 21, 3:30 p.m. at EEOC Headquarters, 131 M Street NE.


October 20, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a "Norton in Your Neighborhood" community conversation tomorrow, Tuesday, October 21, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the campus of Howard University's School of Divinity, 1400 Shepherd Street NE.


October 17, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will participate in a panel discussion on District of Columbia voting rights after the screening of "Un-Natural State" at the Decade of Docs in Our City film festival, tomorrow, Saturday, October 18, at 5:00 p.m. at the U.S. Navy Memorial Burke Theater at 701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.


October 17, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter Norton sent to District of Columbia hospitals seeking to ensure they are "fully prepared should an Ebola patient walk through their doors." She said that the purpose of her letter was to see if specific assistance is needed from the federal government.


October 16, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that Dallas health care worker Nina Pham will be transferred to the Bethesda NIH campus for Ebola virus treatment and isolation, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said the United States needs more than just four hospitals with special isolation units designed to contain infectious diseases like Ebola.


October 15, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a rally, entitled "Low Wage Economy Exposed," tomorrow, October 16, around 11:30 a.m., with low-wage workers outside of the AFL-CIO Headquarters at 815 16th St. NW, followed by a march to the Walton Family Foundation's offices at 919 18th St NW.