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August 23, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that acoustic guitarist Denny Ballard will entertain the crowds gathered for today's Lunchtime Music on the Mall from noon to 1:30 p.m. on the National Mall, near the Smithsonian Metro Station.


August 22, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that her office has had to turn away employers interested in taking part in her annual Jobs and Opportunities Fair on Thursday, August 23, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Washington Convention Center (800 Mt. Vernon Place NW, near New York Ave. NW and 7th St.


August 22, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) roundtable hearing last night on the hiring of D.C. residents and small businesses at downtown General Services Administration (GSA) and the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of African American History and Culture construction projects drew a large crowd and new ideas to increase local hiring at construction sites downtown.


August 21, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a roundtable hearing tonight, Tuesday, August 21, 2012, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Rayburn House Office Building Room 2167, featuring D.C. residents and small businesses working on federal construction sites in the District of Columbia. The hearing will examine the rate of hiring of D.C.


August 20, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released new comprehensive statistics on the hiring of District of Columbia residents on federal construction projects underway in the city.


August 15, 2012
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The United States did it again at the 2012 Olympics, coming away with more medals than any other nation. That didn't rock the world, but how we did it should have -- American women stole the show! Women's sports can rarely be found on prime-time broadcast television. Yet U.S. women left London with significantly more medals than our men, who dominate our airwaves. U.S.


August 15, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold her annual Jobs and Opportunities Fair on Thursday, August 23, 2012, featuring "Top Ten Job Tips" workshops and a "Ready to Work" fashion show from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and the Job Fair from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.


August 14, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a reception to welcome the new students from The University of the District of Columbia's David A. Clark School of Law on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 in the Rayburn Foyer at 5:00 p.m. The annual reception will include the entering law school class, UDC president Dr.