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WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who has been a leader in the call for improved wages for low-wage workers employed by federal government contractors, today applauded the White House announcement that President Obama will raise the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $10.10.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) expressed her thanks to President Obama for the White House’s Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 7, released today, which criticizes a provision targeting the District of Columbia, saying it “undermines home rule.”

WASHINGTON, DC – Ahead of tomorrow’s State of the Union address, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on a press call today called on President Obama to suspend deportations of all those who would be potential citizens under immigration reform, and to address a plan to do so in his speech.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will testify on H.R. 7 at a House Rules Committee meeting today at 5:00 p.m. in H-313 The Capitol, and will offer an amendment to strike a provision that would target only the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today made the following statement on the passing of Virginia Williams, the mother of former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, at age 87.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement in memory of Alexandros “Alex” Petersen, a D.C. resident who died tragically in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan on January 17 at the age of 29.

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Norton will testify on H.R. 7 at a House Rules Committee meeting on Monday, January 27, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. in H-313 The Capitol, and will offer an amendment to strike a provision that would permanently prohibit only the District of Columbia from spending its local funds on abortion services for low-income women, and would define the D.C. government as part of the federal government for the purposes of abortion.

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Norton’s roundtable discussion on issues facing the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has been postponed from today to a later date, on a Saturday afternoon.