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May 28, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), along with Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and National Park Service officials, will speak today, Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at 12:30 p.m. at the kick-off of Lunchtime Music on the Mall, on 7th St. between Madison Dr. and Jefferson Dr. SW. A performance by D.C.


May 28, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) Save D.C. Home Rule press conference on fiscal year 2014 D.C. appropriations riders with District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray and national groups whose issues have been attacked in the past by using D.C. as a vehicle, will be held today at 11:00 a.m. in 2168 Rayburn House Office Building (The Gold Room).


May 24, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join members of the District of Columbia's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community this evening, Friday, May 24, 2013, at the 23rd annual DC Black Pride Festival.


May 24, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced the kick-off for an expanded Lunchtime Music on the Mall on Tuesday, May 28 and Thursday, May 30, 2013, at 12:00 p.m., on the National Mall, on 7th St. between Madison Dr. and Jefferson Dr., SW. A performance by D.C.


May 24, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that a Save D.C. Home Rule press conference with District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray and national groups whose issues have been attacked in the past by using the District of Columbia as a vehicle will be held on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. in 2168 Rayburn House Office Building.


May 24, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – A day after Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) sent a letter to appropriators outlining the potential hazards of sequester-induced furloughs on public safety in the nation's capital, the National Park Service (NPS) announced that furloughs for Park Police will end effective June 1.


May 23, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that with support of members of Congress, eight workers were rehired just hours after being fired yesterday for demonstrating, speaking out, and attending a hearing against federal complicity in low wages paid to employees by federal contractors in federal buildings and facilities.


May 22, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent a letter to House and Senate appropriators to inform them of her findings from recent meetings with Capitol Police, U.S.


May 21, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – The House today passed a resolution (S.Con.Res.16) authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall next month, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, to unveil the District of Columbia's Frederick Douglass statue.


May 21, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will ask members of Congress to sign onto a letter to President Obama at a hearing today, held by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), at 3:00 p.m.