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WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) sent letters to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), following reports from the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades and DC Jobs for Justice that their workers have been intimidated by their employers, which have threatened to call ICE to enforce immigration laws in response to ongoing labor disputes with the workers.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA) will hold a bipartisan briefing for Members and staff on Norton’s bill to clarify certain due process rights of federal employees serving in sensitive positions (H.R. 3278) on Monday, April 28, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. in 2253 Rayburn House Office Building.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who was chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission when the seminal affirmative action college admissions decision of Regents of the University of California v. Bakke was handed down in 1978, permitting the use of race as one factor in college admissions, issued the following statement on Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action.

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to stop what could be the first step to overturn the District of Columbia’s local marijuana decriminalization legislation, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will testify at a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on Government Operations in May on legislation passed by D.C. decriminalizing marijuana.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) made the following statement on today’s announcement that the District of Columbia Council has filed suit against the D.C. Mayor and Chief Financial Officer seeking a court order that the budget autonomy referendum approved by D.C. voters in 2013 is valid and compelling enforcement.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will participate in a panel discussion marking the 40th Anniversary of the Home Rule Act today, April 17, 2014, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the National Archives (7th St. and Constitution Ave. NW).

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today called on D.C. to declare April 15, the deadline for Americans to pay federal income taxes, ‘D.C. Taxation without Representation Day.’

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), following a series of House floor speeches this week demanding statehood for the residents of the District of Columbia, today called on D.C. residents to continue the fight for statehood.