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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) invites downtown federal and other office workers to help welcome violinist and D.C.'s Duke Ellington School for the Arts alumnus Raycurt Johnson to Lunchtime Music on the Mall on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, from noon to 1:30 p.m. on the National Mall near the Smithsonian Metro Station.
Fresh from the battlefield known as the House of Representatives, where men outnumber women more than six to one, I take some comfort in knowing there are more women than men in this country – and more women who vote. The bunch of men who run the House have not used their majority to tame the banks or the corporations that gave us the Great Recession.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will announce the winners of this year's "Trucky Awards" on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. during the day-long (1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.) gourmet DC Funky Fresh Foodie Fest food truck festival and summer concert, at the D.C. Fairgrounds, 1299 Half St. SE (near Nationals Stadium).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will explain D.C.'s many public service opportunities, particularly in a city without full citizenship rights, as she addresses the 600 entering students at the American University (AU) Freshman Service Experience on Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the Bender Arena, 4400 Massachusetts Ave.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.