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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will give remarks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the first new Metrobus maintenance and storage facility to open in nearly a quarter of a century on Friday, September 28, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. at 2 Village Lane SW. Norton is a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and ranking Democrat on one of its subcommittees. The new Shepherd Parkway Bus Maintenance and Storage Facility replaces the Southeastern Bus Garage, which was torn down to make way for Nationals Park.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will help cut the ribbon and mark the start of Greyhound bus service at Union Station at a ceremony Tuesday, September 25, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. at Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Avenue NE. In 2010, Norton's efforts got the first intercity bus service at Union Station, where four other bus companies now pick up and drop off passengers. Tickets for those other bus companies are obtained online, while Greyhound will provide a full-service ticketing facility on site.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a Ward Circle community meeting to allay concerns of residents about the expansion of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Nebraska Avenue Complex tonight, Monday, September 24, 2012, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Horace Mann Elementary School, 4430 Newark Street, NW. Norton will be joined by Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh and officials from DHS and the General Services Administration (GSA).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke by phone with Ketanji Brown Jackson today, informing her that President Obama would nominate her to become a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as recommended by the Congresswoman. Jackson is currently Vice Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and if confirmed by the Senate, she would be the first African American woman appointed to the district court here in 32 years, only the second to ever serve, and the only one currently on the bench.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced she will offer keynote remarks at the grand opening of the Meridian Public Charter School Wednesday, September 19, 2012, at 11:00 a.m at 2120 13th Street, NW. Meridian Public Charter School recently moved from its location on Florida Avenue, NW, where it had been for a decade. Norton will get a first-hand look at the public charter school's new home, including an upgraded gymnasium, library, and 21st century classrooms.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today issued the following statement on the passing of Jaylee Mead, a distinguished scientist and major benefactor of the arts in the District of Columbia.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today honored District of Columbia resident Dr. Neal A. Young, a recipient of the 2012 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for Science and Environment, with an entry in the Congressional Record. "His pioneering laboratory and clinical research, together with his clinical practice and mentoring, has saved the lives of thousands of people throughout the world suffering from bone marrow failure syndromes, all while serving as a federal employee," Norton said.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) expressed deep gratitude to her friends in the Senate, who took the lead and quickly got Senate approval today, by unanimous consent, of H.R. 6336, a bill to move the District of Columbia's Frederick Douglass statue into the United States Capitol, marking the first time that the District, like the states, will have its own statue in the Capitol. The bill, which the House passed by voice vote on Monday and now heads to the president for his signature, was sponsored by Rep.