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June 6, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced she will attend funeral services today for Lieutenant Commander Wesley Brown, the first African-American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Maryland, and will enter remarks into the Congressional Record in his honor.


June 5, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today expressed her gratitude to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government for funding most of her top priorities during a difficult budget year, including the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant program (DCTAG); start-up funds to help the District of Columbia develop the East Campus at St.


June 4, 2012
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"Hometown D.C. has always had a vibrant, pulsing musical and cultural life, but the overbearing presence of official Washington often smothered the identity of hometown Washington as much as it trampled our rights as American citizens. Americans knew the nation's capital, but could not tell the difference between official Washington and hometown D.C.


May 31, 2012

Washington, DC—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she was pleased with passage today by the House Appropriations Committee of an amendment to the fiscal year 2013 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill to ratify the Capitol Police Board's decision to continue to allow commercial filming and photography in Union Square (the area just below the west side of the Capitol), after


May 30, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives designating Chuck Brown's birthday, August 22, 2012, as "Chuck Brown Day," in honor of the contributions of the "Godfather of Go-Go" to music in the United States and the District of Columbia.


May 29, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her statement at a press conference today with D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, NARAL Pro-Choice America President Nancy Keenan, Center for Reproductive Rights Policy Council for Federal Legislation Julianna Gonen, and DC Vote Executive Director Ilir Zherka on efforts to protect D.C.


May 25, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she will hold a press conference with D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and leaders of national organizations on Tuesday, May 29, 2012,at 10:00 a.m.


May 24, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter to Rep. Daniel Lungren (R-CA) and Rep. Robert Brady (D-PA), chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Committee on House Administration, and to Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sen.