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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. Norton led a preview tour for D.C. officials and Ward 8 and other D.C. residents last week of the Coast Guard headquarters, the first federal agency to locate east of the Anacostia River. The St.
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. National Dance Day begins today, Saturday, July 27, 2013, at 1:00 p.m.
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. Norton is also pleased that the bill, which was passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday, does not include any prohibitions on D.C.'s use of its local funds.
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. budget autonomy that President Obama included in his fiscal year 2014 budget, at Norton's request.
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. The Senate Appropriations Committee barred the changes FEMA had proposed, as Norton requested, in the Fiscal Year 2014 Homeland Security Appropriations bill report.
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 Management.
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."
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. Norton brought two photographs of Carson on bird walks in the park to authenticate Carson's personal use of the park and trail.