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August 26, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that when Congress returns from August recess, the Congresswoman will introduce a bill to overturn an unprecedented federal court decision that strips many federal employees of due process rights to independent review of an agency decision removing them from a job on national security grounds.


August 23, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Before the national March on Washington kicks off tomorrow morning, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), determined that this march will not ignore D.C., will speak at a D.C. statehood rally at 9:00 a.m. at the D.C. War Memorial.


August 22, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – On Chuck Brown's birthday, the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that when Congress returns from August recess, Norton will introduce a resolution designating his birthday, August 22, as "Chuck Brown Day," in honor of the contributions of the "Godfather of Go-Go" to music in the United States and the District of Columbia.


August 21, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC - The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that over 2,500 District of Columbia residents came to Norton's Job Fair today, which featured more than 80 employers with federal, state, county, local and private-sector jobs, as well as information and insight into the job market for recent graduates at workshops that ran throughout the day.


August 20, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 21, 2013, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold her annual Jobs Fair at the Washington Convention Center from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Norton will open the Job Fair with an hour of workshops, helpful to people looking for jobs or changing jobs.


August 19, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that the Congresswoman, who was on the staff of the 1963 March on Washington and later served as the first female chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – the agency whose establishment was a key demand of the March – will make several media appearances leading up to the 50th annivers


August 14, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced the rundown of her annual Job Fair, which will be held next Wednesday, August 21, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Washington Convention Center (800 Mount Vernon Place NW – between 7th and 9th Streets NW). The event will begin with workshops, from 10:00 a.m.


August 9, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after a special effort by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and the CBC Working Group on Prison Telecomm Reform, chaired by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and inmates and their families, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an order to lower exorbitant rates that prisoners and their families are charged for telephone calls.


August 6, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today made the following statement on the sale of the Washington Post to Jeffrey Bezos, after four generations of ownership by the Graham family.


August 6, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will deliver remarks at the D.C. Council bill signings for the JaParker Deoni Jones Birth Certificate Equality Amendment Act and the Marriage Officiant Amendment Act, in honor of JaParker Deoni Jones, a D.C. resident who was murdered earlier this year because she was transgender. The ceremony will begin at 2:00 p.m.