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WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement upon learning that Medric “Cecil” Mills, a D.C. resident who passed away last week, was a classmate at Dunbar High School.

WASHINGTON, DC – Following the District of Columbia Council’s preliminary approval of the D.C. Promise bill Tuesday, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today wrote to President Obama to reiterate her earlier request that he provide $35.1 million for the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG) in his fiscal year 2015 budget, as he did in fiscal year 2014.

WASHINGTON, DC – During the 150th anniversary year of the Civil War, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to recognize and preserve the Civil War Defenses of Washington located in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement on today’s D.C. Council passage of the D.C. Promise bill on First Reading.

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a memo Norton sent to the D.C. Council today concerning the pending DC Promise bill.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), upon learning today that the Navy Yard shooter, Aaron Alexis, had convinced Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors that he was mentally stable shortly before killing 12 people, expressed great concern that the VA evaluation process did not pick up on his mental distress weeks after he had reported hearing voices, among other claims.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), because of her ongoing work to reduce the rate of long-term unemployment, today at 11:00 a.m. will attend a meeting with President Obama and senior White House officials regarding the challenge of long-term unemployment and partnerships to develop a skilled, competitive workforce.

WASHINGTON, DC – Following the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) opinion today that says the District of Columbia’s budget autonomy referendum, approved by D.C. voters last April, has no legal effect, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that she will continue to defend the referendum from congressional interference.