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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will open a discussion among faith leaders and advocates about the next steps in moving the country towards equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals on Thursday, November 15, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. at the Capitol Visitor Center (room HVC-215). The discussion will highlight the success of all the marriage equality ballot issues on election day as well as the robust partnerships between faith leaders and the LGBT community.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked her constituents in the District for the tremendous outpouring of interest her offices have seen in tickets for the 2013 inauguration of President Barack Obama. However, at this time, the Congresswoman has not received her allotment of tickets. She notes that if requests continue to come in at the rapid pace that they have been since the election, her office will have to do what was done four years ago and allocate tickets in a lottery.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) brings her "Norton in Your Neighborhood" conversation to the Palisades Civic Association tonight, November 13, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. at the Palisades Recreation Center (5200 Sherrier Place NW). Norton will bring breaking federal news to residents there, and also discuss federal issues that affect the neighborhood. Neighbors have asked about airport noise, and Norton will have a report on this local issue.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a press conference today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and two D.C. parents will call on Senate Democrats to include in the final fiscal year 2013 Defense authorization bill the House-passed provision requiring the armed forces to display the D.C. flag whenever the flags of the 50 states are displayed. At the Veterans Day press conference on Monday, November 12, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at the D.C. War Memorial (Independence Ave.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) delivered remarks today at a press conference on why raising the D.C. flag when the flags of the 50 states are raised in military and civilian ceremonies. "Our residents have long recognized that if we allow the country to overlook or exclude us from the signs and symbols of equal citizenship, we will retard our progress toward equal citizenship. That is why we struggled until we too got a commemorative coin, our coin that commemorates our native son, Duke Ellington, and a D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be joined by two D.C. parents, who are also public safety officers, at a Veterans Day press conference to pay tribute to D.C.'s veterans and members of the military and to speak about the failure of the United States Navy to raise the D.C. flag to honor their son, Jonathan Rucker, at his graduation from Naval Station Great Lakes, the nation's only naval boot camp and largest training station, on Monday, November 12, 2012, at 10:30 a.m., at the D.C. War Memorial (Independence Avenue near 17th Street SW).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will give remarks honoring D.C. and other American veterans at a Habitat for Humanity home dedication ceremony on Saturday, November 10, 2012, at 1:00 p.m. at 1830 Providence Street NE. The new house belongs to Ken Harris, an Army veteran who became homeless after serving his country. In 2008, he began a new chapter in his life by finding assistance through veterans' programs, and volunteering with Habitat for Humanity.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), joined by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a member of the committee, today announced the first-ever congressionally requested study of the Height Act of 1910, which Issa and Norton requested at a July hearing.