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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

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.

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.

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

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.

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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.

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the farm bill (Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013) passed by the Senate today includes her provision that would allow the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) to receive federal funding for forestry research under the McIntire-Stennis Act.