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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill that she has been working on with the National Park Service (NPS) that will clear the way for more efficient operations at the agency and address three common-sense issues. Among other things, the bill amends an existing law to make federal agencies responsible for removing snow and ice from the public areas associated with their buildings in D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will bring her fight for equality and respect for the D.C. flag to the House floor by leading a half-hour "Respect our vets, Respect their Flag" Special Order on Wednesday, November 28, 2012,which will include participation by members from the territories, who have encountered occasions where their flags were notacknowledged.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) Commission on Black Men and Boys will question two witnesses who will offer personal testimony and two experts at a hearing, entitled "Synthetic Marijuana: Real Drug, Real Consequences" tonight, Tuesday, November 27, 2012, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (901 G Street NW) from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) Commission on Black Men and Boys will hold its rescheduled roundtable hearing on the increasing use of synthetic marijuana by young people in the District on Tuesday, November 27, 2012, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (901 G Street NW) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Synthetic marijuana, or K2, has effects that have been compared to those of LSD.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will mark the opening of the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation's (WTEF) new, multi-million dollar tennis, education, and community center at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, November 17, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. at 200 Stoddert Place SE. The new center will offer after-school education and athletic programs to young people in Ward 7.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a press conference this morning with other members of Congress, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) defended U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice against several recent attacks from Republicans in Congress. In her statement, Norton offered documented evidence that Ambassador Rice's remarks on Benghazi were based on the only intelligence available to the administration at the time.

"We will not allow a brilliant public servant's record to be mugged, to cut off her consideration to become Secretary of State," Norton said.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she was encouraged that the Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to the fiscal year 2013 Defense Authorization bill, in light of her request that Senate Democrats add a requirement to the bill for the armed services to display the flags of the District of Columbia and the territories whenever the flags of the 50 states are displayed, as is required by the House-passed fiscal year 2013 Defense Authorization bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to require the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) to comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulations, the set of rules that governs every aspect of the acquisition process for virtually every federal executive branch agency.