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July 19, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her opening statement for the hearing today on "Changes to the Height Act: Shaping Washington, DC for the Future" in the Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census, and the National Archives at 1:30 p.m. in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.


July 19, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) met with the press outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing room following the committee's markup and passage of H.R. 3803, the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, a bill banning abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of pregnancy.


July 18, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will meet with reporters today, Wednesday, July 18, 2012, outside 2141 Rayburn House Office Building following the markup of H.R. 3803, a bill banning all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy in the District of Columbia.


July 17, 2012
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Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), who I know has been a student of history and of the Constitution, filed amendments in a committee last month that would have overturned D.C. laws. As a result, a bipartisan group of Senators withdrew their budget autonomy bill for the District of Columbia on the advice of city officials, including me.


July 17, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a statement that Norton has asked to be included in the record during the House Judiciary Committee markup of H.R.


July 13, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent a letter to officials at the Smithsonian, Clark Construction Group, LLC, Smoot Construction, and H.J.


July 12, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement on the ongoing investigation into D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray's 2010 campaign.


July 10, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she believes that Senate passage of her D.C. Courts and Public Defender Service Act is the boost she needs to get the House to pass this non-controversial but important piece of legislation quickly. Norton got the bill through the House in 2010 by voice vote, and she will seek its quick passage in the House.


July 10, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today called on her House Democratic colleagues to stand with women in the District of Columbia and across the nation by opposing H.R. 3803, a bill that would ban abortions in the District after 20 weeks of pregnancy.


July 9, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Obama today signed Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) Southwest Waterfront redevelopment bill (H.R. 2297), clearing the way for 2.5 million square feet of hotel, office, retail, and residential construction, as well as new and improved waterfront parks and docks, at the Southwest Waterfront.