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WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who appears regularly with host Bonnie Erbé on the PBS news series "To The Contrary," will participate on the show to be aired this Sunday, January 22, 2012. This week's show will include a discussion onthe Pentagon's new efforts to curb sexual assault in the military, and a nationwide push for paid parental leave.
If I asked the average American what should be the first vote in the House? For sure, she would say extend payroll tax, unemployment insurance, and the doc fix. What is our first bill? Disapproval of raising the debt ceiling. For what? To remind Americans that Tea Party Republicans brought us the loss of our triple-A rating for the first time in American history?
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. event, tomorrow, January 19, 2012, at 11 a.m. at the GSA's One Constitution Campus (1275 First Street, NE). Norton has chaired and is now the ranking member of the subcommittee with jurisdiction over GSA. The Congresswoman, who was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, will discuss how the King legacy relates to the work of public servants such as GSA employees.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at events across the District throughout the holiday weekend to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "On the first Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday since the dedication of the MLK Memorial, it is gratifying to see that District residents are commemorating the day in the King tradition of service and attention to the poor," said Norton, who was a civil rights activist with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the movement led by Dr. King.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the Congresswoman will hold meetings with officials of the Capitol and the National Park Service (NPS) to seek clarification on the transfer of Union Square from NPS to the Architect of the Capitol. Norton said that she can understand why the transfer of jurisdiction, buried in an appropriations bill, is causing such great public concern about another round of walling-off public space.