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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), sponsor of a House-passed amendment that would prohibit the District of Columbia, including local police, from using its local funds to enforce its local gun laws, finally offered an answer to a question posed by Norton. She asked why he had not introduced a bill to allow guns in the Capitol and other federal buildings, including those in Kentucky.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on Monday, August 4 at 9:00 a.m. will participate in a press conference and rally outside of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to highlight instances of worker exploitation at District of Columbia-based construction company Tito Contractors. More than 100 current and former Tito employees are suing the company for unfair labor practices in violation of federal law, including failing to pay overtime and threatening workers with retaliation when they tried to assert their worker rights.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke by phone with Amit Mehta today to inform him that President Obama would nominate him to become a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as recommended by the Congresswoman. Mehta is currently a partner in the law firm Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, where he has been recognized by several legal publications for his exemplary work, including Super Lawyers, The National Law Journal and Benchmark Litigation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, praised President Obama for including key components of her recently introduced Restore Opportunity, Strengthen, and Improve the Economy (ROSIE) Act in an Executive Order (EO) issued today that provides workplace protections for federal contract workers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, today released the following statement upon being informed of the General Services Administration's (GSA) shortlist of potential sites for the new Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters. The shortlist includes the Greenbelt Metro Station Site and Landover Mall Site in Prince George's County, MD, and the GSA Springfield/Franconia Warehouse Complex in Fairfax County, VA.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will participate in today's Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) ad hoc hearing at 2:00 p.m. in the House Energy and Commerce Committee room on the influx of Central American unaccompanied minors to the U.S. The District has one of the largest concentrations of Central Americans in the nation, with nearly 60,000 residents from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. The CPC's ad hoc hearing features testimony from unaccompanied minors and expert witnesses.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, introduced yesterday the Department of Energy (DOE) Forrestal Complex Redevelopment Act, which directs the General Services Administrator (GSA) to redevelop the Forrestal Complex at 1000 Independence Avenue SW, and enter into public-private partnerships in accordance with the National Capital Planning Commission's (NCPC) SW Ecodistrict Plan.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – To follow up on her meeting with her Congressional Latino Council and other D.C. Latino leaders three weeks ago, the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter Norton sent to the president of the District of Columbia Bar, Brigida Benitez, inquiring about the Bar's efforts to help address the needs of unaccompanied minors from Central America crossing the U.S. border and being sent to various jurisdictions, including the District of Columbia.