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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today requested a joint meeting with the National Park Service (NPS) and the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to discuss removal of the Capitol Stones, which were part of the original Capitol building, from Rock Creek Park. NPS recently requested the removal of the stones for safety and preservation, and some are currently being stored in an AOC facility in Ft. Meade without public access.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) led a letter signed by 18 other members of Congress today to the National Board of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) requesting it eliminate the cap on reimbursement for long-distance travel, which has prevented many migrants being bused to D.C. from Texas and Arizona from reaching their final destinations.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced the Increased Transparency in 501(c)(4) Organizations Act of 2022 this week, which would require the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to make publicly available the forms organizations that self-declare under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) file with the IRS. Norton says Americans have the right to know which organizations are operating under this section of the IRC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) announced today that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has agreed to a comprehensive review of the new Thrift Savings Plan online system after Norton and Spanberger co-led a letter requesting it. The members requested the review after hearing from constituents about problems with the system, including difficulties accessing accounts, discrepancies in account balances, missing or incomplete information, and hours-long wait times to reach customer service.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that she will introduce a bill that would require retail establishments to provide individuals with medical conditions requiring immediate use of a bathroom, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, access to employee-only bathrooms when such establishments do not have public bathrooms. The individual would need to present documentation of the medical condition, and the bill will include provisions to protect the safety of employees.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today condemned the motion filed by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) to commit the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, which has jurisdiction over D.C., to block the District of Columbia from using funds to enforce its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students. The motion was defeated in the Senate 49-51. Without statehood, D.C. could have its vaccine laws, including its vaccine mandate for D.C. students, overturned by Congress. Norton has defeated all the attacks on D.C. vaccine mandates.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA), Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA), Representative Val Demings (D-FL), and Representative Grace Meng (D-NY) announced that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has agreed to issue a report on federal advertising contracts and subcontracts with small, disadvantaged and minority-owned businesses. The members co-led a letter asking for the report in June. This report would update the data published in a report issued by the GAO in 2018.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee today approved Norton recommendation to President Biden Ana Reyes for the U.S. District Court for D.C. The next step will be a confirmation vote by the full Senate. If confirmed, Reyes will be the first Hispanic woman and first openly LGBTQ person to ever serve on that court. Norton’s first two recommendations to Biden for the same court, Jia Cobb and Florence Pan, were confirmed by the Senate and are serving on the bench, and President Biden announced his intent to nominate Judge Todd Edelman to the same court at the end of July.