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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.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two Republican attacks in one week targeting the District of Columbia's home-rule authority are sending Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) to the House floor today at 2:15 p.m., where she will take on the increasing use of the District as a vehicle for the extreme views and pet projects of House Republicans.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement on the death of Chuck Brown:

Norton Releases Testimony She Was Denied the Courtesy of Offering in Advance of Hearing and 2:30 p.m. Press Conference

Washington, D.C.—The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that Norton will seek time on the House Floor to oppose an amendment, if it is made in order, to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (H.R. 4310) filed by Representative Phil Gingrey (R-GA) that targets the gun laws of only one jurisdiction, the District of Columbia. Although the Gingrey amendment would be non-binding, it expresses the sense of Congress that active duty military personnel in the District, while in their private capacities, should be exempt from all D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that Christy Zink, a George Washington University professor and District of Columbia resident, will join Norton at a Press conference at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17, 2012, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building, on a bill (H.R. 3803) banning abortions in the District after 20 weeks of pregnancy, before Zink testifies against the bill at a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution hearing at 4:00 p.m. that day.