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WASHINGTON, DC – Following the release of the District's annual report on HIV/AIDS by Mayor Vincent Gray today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) praised the District of Columbia on its "huge progress to erase the city's HIV/AIDS epidemic."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, said today that the President's visit to Key Bridge this afternoon and the Department of Transportation's (DOT) warning that the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) will run out by the end of August leaves Congress less than a month to find a solution.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) June 24 letter, she was notified today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that the review period for the CSX Virginia Avenue Tunnel project Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be extended from 30 to 60 days and a second public community meeting will be held before the end of the review period. In her letter, Norton requested that the review period be extended to 90 days and that two public meetings be held on the Final EIS.
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter sent yesterday from Norton to National Park Service (NPS) Director Jonathan B. Jarvis and U.S. Park Police (USPP) Acting Chief Robert D. MacLean concerning a dangerous increase in crime in Sherman Circle and the intersection at Crittenden Street.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) today released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby contraception ruling:
"Today's Supreme Court decision narrows some women's access to birth control coverage by expanding, for the first time, the rights of some corporations to claim a religious exemption. As a result, many women and families will be unable to prevent unintended pregnancies. Unfortunately, those who are most likely to be affected are girls and young women who are not prepared to be parents."
WASHINGTON, DC— The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that guitarist and vocalist Jeff Cramer will be a featured performer at this week's Lunchtime Music on the Mall. The performance will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, July 1, 2014, from noon to 1:00 p.m. on the National Mall, by the Smithsonian Metro Station, at 12th St. and Jefferson Dr. SW.
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter from Norton to the National Park Service (NPS) urging NPS to resolve the Fort Reno annual summer concert series permitting issue at its Monday meeting with the concert organizer.
Norton's full letter follows.
June 27, 2014
Tara D. Morrison
Superintendent
National Park Service
3545 Williamsburg Lane NW
Washington, DC 20008
Dear Superintendent Morrison,
Washington, DC – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the names of the seven Members of the House Appropriations Committee who voted yesterday to block the District of Columbia's marijuana decriminalization bill despite the fact that their own states have either decriminalized or legalized marijuana. The amendment, sponsored by Representative Andy Harris (R-MD), passed 28-21. The members, all Republicans, are: Ken Calvert (CA), Jeff Fortenberry (NE), Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA), David Joyce (OH), David Valadao (CA), Harris, and Mark Amodei (NV).