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WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer an amendment to the fiscal year 2014 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which is on the House floor now, that would prevent the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from enforcing its rule that prohibits commercial and most other helicopter operations in the Distri
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that after years of controversy and repeated requests, the National Park Service (NPS) has responded to community concerns regarding financial reporting by the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation (WTEF).
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will speak at the ribbon-cutting of the new U.S. Coast Guard headquarters on the St. Elizabeths campus (the first of several buildings planned for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies on the campus), after securing $1.4 billion in funding and guiding congressional oversight of construction of the headquarters.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, D.C.'s National Dance Day celebration, in collaboration with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who will speak at the event, will go late into the evening and will feature interactive lessons, and performances by amateur and professional dancers, including D.C. natives, the Manzari Brothers.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she is grateful that the Senate Appropriations Committee restored funding for her top District of Columbia priorities that the House Appropriations Committee had cut from the president's budget.
WASHINGTON, DC – In a historic step forward, the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday passed a bill to give the District of Columbia budget autonomy. The bill, the Fiscal Year 2014 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, reinforces the legislative provision granting D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC – Even though the Fiscal Year 2014 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill has not been released yet, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) was delighted that the bill summary shows that the Senate Appropriations Committee fully funds her top priorities, restoring funding the House version of the bill cut from the president's budget.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked the Senate Appropriations Committee for including language she requested in her letter earlier this month objecting to a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) proposal to reduce terrorist and disaster protection for the nation's capital.
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that today the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Democrats voted unanimously for Norton to become the Ranking Member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, and that she will continue her service as a senior member of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Mana
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys, delivered remarks at the Caucus' inaugural event today, entitled "The Status of Black Males: Ensuring Our Boys Mature Into Strong Men."