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January 27, 2014
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.
January 27, 2014
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.
January 24, 2014
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.
January 23, 2014
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.
January 23, 2014
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.
January 22, 2014
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.
January 21, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Norton’s annual free Tax and Financial Services Fair will be held on Saturday, February 15, 2014, from 10 a.m. – noon at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mt. Vernon Place NW).
January 17, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the Congresswoman, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, will hold a roundtable discussion on issues facing the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) on Wednesday, January 22, 2013, at 6:00 p.m., at One Judiciary Square (441 4th St. NW), in the Old Council Chambers on the first floor.
January 16, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – As the 125th anniversary of Rock Creek Park approaches, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to redesignate the D.C. portion of Rock Creek Park as “Rock Creek National Park in the District of Columbia.”
January 16, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Christopher “Casey” Cooper’s nomination was unanimously approved today by the Senate Judiciary Committee to become a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.