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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.

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.

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.

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. Park Police, and Federal Protective Service (FPS) officials regarding concerns that sequestration cuts to federal police could jeopardize public safety in the nation's capital in light of new risks raised by the Boston Marathon bombings.

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. The resolution, which passed the Senate last week, was approved in the House by a voice vote and does not need to be signed into law to take effect, marking the final step in the long-fought effort of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) to allow the District, like the states, to have its own statue in the Capitol.

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. in 340 Cannon House Office Building, on the low wages paid by federal government contractors that result in millions of workers who are barely able to support themselves and whose low wages undermine the nation's economic prosperity.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak on the House floor tomorrow, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during consideration of a resolution (S.Con.Res.16) authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, to unveil the District of Columbia's Frederick Douglass statue. The House will take up the resolution, passed last week by the Senate, tomorrow mid-to-late afternoon under suspension of the rules.