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April 16, 2012

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will mark the 150th anniversary of the District of Columbia Emancipation Day at two events.


April 16, 2012


Washington, DC - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will honor the accomplishments of Reverend Jerry A. Moore, Jr. at the 10am service, and after the service, she will help unveil a new plaza named after him at the streets surrounding the church on Sunday, April 15, 2012 at the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church at 4606 16th St. NW.


April 13, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will march in the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade Saturday, marking the 100th anniversary of the annual celebration with 15 Girl Scouts from five different troops that meet at the First Baptist Church in Ward 4. The Girl Scouts range from five year olds to high school seniors.


April 11, 2012

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be joined by D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, the Reverend Al Sharpton, and other notable leaders to commemorate the District of Columbia Emancipation Day with the "March Through the Monuments,"Today, April 11, 2012.


April 10, 2012

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will announce at the start of tonight's D.C.


April 6, 2012

Washington, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her Commission on Black Men and Boys will host a panel of four witnesses at a roundtable hearing entitled, "Lessons from the Life and Death of Trayvon Martin," on Tuesday, April 10 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the D.C. Armory.


April 6, 2012


Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement on the General Services Administration (GSA) 2010 Western Regional Conference:


April 5, 2012

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will use the coming of the cherry blossoms and spring weather to reintroduce her Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise (LIFE) Act when Congress returns from recess. The Affordable Care Act, which is pending at the Supreme Court, is only one part of what needs to be done about health care in the United States.