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June 17, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that her Federal Law Enforcement Nominating Commission is accepting applications for an upcoming opening on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Applications for the opening are due in 30 days, on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Chief Justice John G. Roberts has appointed U.S.


June 14, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak today Friday, June 14, 2103, at 7:00 p.m., in Dupont Circle, at the 3rd annual community-organized DC Flag Day rally to show her support for the groundswell of District residents who are self-organizing and coming forward to use the D.C.


June 14, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (H.R.


June 14, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a press conference today, Friday, June 14, 2013, at 10:00 a.m., on the House Triangle, at the southeast corner of the Capitol building, to call attention to the impact of reductions in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps, as it faces over $20 billion in cuts in the House


June 13, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak tomorrow, Friday, June 14, 2013, at the commencement ceremonies of both her D.C. elementary school and high school alma maters. She will deliver a keynote address at the Bruce-Monroe Elementary School fifth grade graduation at 9:20 a.m., at 3560 Warder St.


June 13, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today wrote to National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Steve Whitesell asking NPS to further its efforts to preserve and enhance parks by banning smoking in all NPS units, including parks, sites and trails, in the District of Columbia.


June 13, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Well over 100 District of Columbia students, parents and other residents attended Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) Service Academy College Fair and Sendoff on Tuesday evening, which, according Commander Kerwin Miller, USN SN (Ret) (USNA '75), the chairman of Norton's Service Academy Selection Board, was the largest crowd for the event since Norton has been a m


June 12, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton will shop with other members of Congress at the Safeway on 14th Street SE today from 11:00 a.m. to noon, for the SNAP Challenge.


June 11, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – As the Atlantic hurricane season begins, when many National Guards will be deployed throughout the country, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to give the District of Columbia home-rule authority over the D.C. National Guard and strengthen the Guard itself.