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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released today a letter sent to officials at the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation (USRC) urging them develop a new plan to address traffic congestion in front of Union Station.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Prison Telecomm Reform Working Group, spoke today before a follow-up panel led by Commissioner Mignon Clyburn at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on the FCC's new Inmate Calling Services (ICS) reform.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today called on Senate and House Republicans to end their attacks on the District of Columbia's labor laws, after Senator David Vitter (R-LA) and Representative Paul Broun (R-GA) introduced the second bill this Congress uniquely attacking the labor laws of the District of Columbia.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) filed an amendment yesterday that would eliminate the District of Columbia's gun safety laws. The amendment was filed to a bill entitled the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act (S.2363), which the Senate is expected to begin debating this afternoon.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the meeting today with her District of Columbia Congressional Latino Council (CLC) and other D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that vocalist Davina McKoy will be featured for the sixth installment of the Lunchtime Music on the Mall series on Thursday, July 10, 2014, from noon to 1:00 p.m. on the National Mall, near the Smithsonian Metro Station, at 12th St. and Jefferson Dr. SW.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will meet today with her Congressional Latino Council (CLC) and other key District Latino leaders to discuss the recent surge of unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The District of Columbia and the region are home to many Central American residents.
The following appeared in the Huffington Post on July 2, 2014:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton tomorrow will march in the 48th Annual Palisades Fourth of July Parade, organized by the Palisades Citizens Association, with the Girl Scouts of Greater Washington, D.C. Norton said, "This Palisades Parade is great fun because it is a true hometown parade."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that the Senate Appropriations Committee's fiscal year 2015 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill provides $48.6 million for consolidation of the DHS headquarters, currently under construction on the West Campus of St. Elizabeths in Ward 8.