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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today spoke by phone with Christopher "Casey" Cooper, a longtime D.C. resident, in London, informing him that President Obama would nominate him to become a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as recommended by the Congresswoman. Cooper is currently a partner at the law firm Covington & Burling LLP.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) yesterday sent a letter to National Park Service (NPS) Director Jonathan Jarvis concerning the recent vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial and at other monuments and buildings around the District of Columbia. Norton, in her letter, asked for an answer within 30 days to specific questions about Park Police staffing, resources and coordination with other federal police forces, and the effects of the sequester, and raised concerns about the ability of federal police forces to protect the city's monuments and properties.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will hold a Norton in Your Neighborhood for seniors at the Renaissance Adult Day Health Care Center at 5214 Foote St. NE, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Norton will brief seniors on current congressional issues affecting them, including proposed Republican changes to Medicare and Medicaid, and the proposed changes to cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security and other programs (Chained CPI).

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the District of Columbia Incentives for Business and Individual Investment Act to reauthorize the federal tax incentives for investment in economically distressed areas in the District of Columbia, commonly known as the D.C. empowerment zone, and the $5,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit in D.C., both of which expired at the end of 2011. The D.C.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate yesterday passed Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) bill to name the new U.S. Coast Guard headquarters on the St. Elizabeths West Campus the "Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building," for Signalman First Class Munro, the Coast Guard's only Medal of Honor recipient, who died heroically during a volunteer assignment in World War II. The House passed the bill earlier this month, and it is expected to be signed into law by the President as Coast Guard employees move to the building beginning in August.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will testify today at a Senate Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District of Columbia hearing to examine disaster preparedness of the National Capital Region at 2:00 p.m. in 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Norton will address concerns about regional coordination efforts, following unprecedented disasters such as the D.C.

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 District of Columbia.