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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will go to the House floor in the next hour to respond to the two most serious anti-home-rule amendments to come in years, Rep. Andy Harris' (R-MD) marijuana and Rep. Thomas Massie's (R-KY) gun amendments to the House's Fiscal Year 2015 D.C. Appropriations bill. Norton said these assaults on the District of Columbia's right to self-government deserve a "full-throated response."

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that she was elated that the Senate's fiscal year 2015 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill provides virtually all the funds requested by the Administration, over $250.5 million, for continuing work on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) headquarters, currently under construction on the West Campus of St. Elizabeths in Ward 8, as she requested.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced another milestone on the way to statehood today as the Senate's fiscal year 2015 District of Columbia Appropriations bill grants D.C. both budget and legislative autonomy, marking the first time ever that an appropriations bill has granted both authorities to the District. After a bruising fight here in the House on the D.C. Appropriations bill, where gun and marijuana decriminalization riders were added, Norton said she especially appreciated that the Senate bill is free of all anti-home-rule riders.

WASHINGTON D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a D.C. Postal Service Roundtable on Wednesday, August 6 at One Judiciary Square from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m to discuss issues of concern to District of Columbia residents about postal service in the city. The Postmaster of the District of Columbia, Postmaster Gerard A. Roane, representatives from the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) and the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), and District residents will be on the panel.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will attend the groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow, Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. for the historic Old Post Office building at 1100 Pennsylvania Ave NW, where construction will begin to convert the inside of the iconic, 114-year-old building into a luxury hotel. Norton and Donald and Ivanka Trump, the developers, will be joined by Mayor Vincent Gray and General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Dan Tangherlini.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today wondered why Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who sponsored a House-passed amendment last week to bar the District of Columbia government, including the Metropolitan Police Department, from enforcing its local gun laws, has not introduced a bill or amendment to expand access to guns in federal buildings in D.C. and in Kentucky, where he has a clear right to impose his views.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who chairs the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said today that she will be meeting with top Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials soon because of continuing problems that D.C. residents are having when using their D.C. driver's license for purposes of identification, particularly at airports.