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WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement today on the introduction of a bill by Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) that would make important technical changes to the District of Columbia's budget process.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today testified in support of her bill (H.R 620) designating a National Park Service (NPS) trail in Glover Archbold Park in the District of Columbia, from Canal Road to Van Ness Street, as the "Rachel Carson Nature Trail" at a meeting of the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission.
WASHINGTON, DC –Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL) announced that Tracy Martin, the father of Trayvon Martin, will attend and give opening remarks at the inaugural event of the Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys, entitled "The Status of Black Males: Ensuring Our Boys Mature Into Strong Men," tomorrow, Wednesday, July 24, 2013, from 3:00 p
WASHINGTON, DC – On Monday, July 22, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. to noon, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will a lead preview tour, exclusively for D.C. residents and the media, of the new U.S. Coast Guard headquarters on the St. Elizabeths West Campus in Ward 8 to introduce the new building to the D.C. community.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a resolution, H.RES.304, to mark Saturday, July 27th as the date for the 2013 National Dance Day, celebrated annually on the last Saturday of July. This year's celebration will take place on Saturday, July 27, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., at the Kennedy Center on North Plaza.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today offered her take on the House Appropriations Committee markup yesterday of the Fiscal Year 2014 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill.
WASHINGTON, DC – The House Appropriations Committee, as part of the fiscal year 2014 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill it passed today, approved Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) provision to give the Capitol Police the permanent authority to issue permits for commercial filming and photography in Union Square (the area just below the west side of the Capitol, near the Bot
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL), co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys, will chair the Caucus' first event, entitled "The Status of Black Males: Ensuring Our Boys Mature Into Strong Men," on Wednesday, July 24, 2013, from 3:00 p.m.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who was one of the four people whose visit to the South African Embassy in 1984 led to serial protest arrests and sanctions on South Africa, will speak at a ceremony celebrating of the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela on his 95th birthday, tomorrow, Thursday, July 18, 2013, at 10:00 a.m., in U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), whose district is what she called "the high-profile home of the federal government's collusion with those that pay low wages through leases and contracts with federal agencies," will speak at a Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) and Change to Win press conference at 9:00 a.m.