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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the wake of the Secret Service prostitution scandal, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a former chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, called on Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan to move aggressively to give women more opportunities for employment and promotion in the agency, where women now make up only 11 percent of the workforce. She said she believes it is significant that the heroes of two recent scandals were women.
WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today to ask her to serve on the House – Senate conference committee charged with reauthorizing the surface transportation reauthorization bill. The bill, if enacted, would likely be the only major job creation bill passed during this Congress. Norton was chair and is now ranking member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that her District of Columbia Special Election Reform Act (H.R. 3902) passed the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs this morning. The bill passed in the House earlier this year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she was enormously grateful for the bipartisan District of Columbia budget autonomy bill introduced by Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME), the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (which has jurisdiction over the District), and Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that two of her bills to increase the city's home-rule authority will be marked up by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in SD-342. The bills would remove the District from the federal Hatch Act, allow it to pass its own Hatch Act, and give the city flexibility to set its own dates for special elections.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement on discussions regarding the Height Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will lead a Special Order on the House floor today at 3:30 p.m. to discuss new progress toward achieving budget autonomy for the District of Columbia. Earlier this week, Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) announced he was working on a budget autonomy bill, and a national poll was released showing that more than 7 in 10 Democrats and Republicans support budget autonomy for the District. In November 2011, Rep.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) stood at President Obama's side in the Rose Garden this month as he signed the "Jumpstart Our Businesses and Startups" Act, which will be featured in discussions at her "Small Business Access to Capital and Business Opportunities Fair" this Saturday, April 21, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW. The event is free of charge, open only to D.C. residents and D.C. small businesses, and seating is first-come, first-served. Advance registration is underway.