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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced the relaunch of the D.C. Veterans Oral History Project today with the Library of Congress. The project collects the service stories of D.C. veterans and archives them with the Library of Congress. Veterans from D.C. are invited to share their service stories to help preserve their history. Any veteran may participate. Stories will be recorded via Zoom and archived with the Library of Congress.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke yesterday at the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, for which she got the bulk of the funding, at an infrastructure event with U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. Norton said the bridge is “the most important bridge in the nation’s capital,” connecting the city’s wards and serving “as the connective tissue that holds our city and our region together.” Her remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Emergency Security Supplemental to Respond to January 6th Appropriations Act, passed by the House today, contains victories for the District of Columbia she sought. The bill provides D.C. $66.7 million to eliminate the long-running deficit in the federally funded D.C. Emergency Planning and Security Fund (EPSF), prohibits the use of funds in the bill to install permanent above-ground fencing at the Capitol complex, and requires Capitol Police officers to wear body cameras. In February, Norton introduced the No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex Act, which would prohibit the use of funds to install permanent fencing at the Capitol complex. In March, the House passed her Federal Police Camera and Accountability Act, which would require federal police officers to wear body cameras and use dashboard cameras, as part of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Wednesday May 19, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Mayor Muriel Bowser of the District of Columbia, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer will visit the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge construction site in southeast Washington, D.C. The officials will offer remarks about the American Jobs Plan, its creation of millions of good-paying jobs and the importance of replacing the nation’s infrastructure.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today, the federal tax filing deadline, called on the Senate to pass her District of Columbia statehood bill. Norton noted that D.C. pays more federal taxes per capita than any state and more federal taxes than 21 states but has no voting representation in Congress.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) reintroduced her Marijuana in Federally Assisted Housing Parity Act, which would permit the use of marijuana in federally assisted housing, including public housing and Section 8 housing, in compliance with the marijuana laws of the state where the property is located. Under current federal law, the users of drugs that are illegal under federal law, including marijuana, are prohibited from being admitted into federally assisted housing. Federal law also allows landlords to evict residents of federally assisted housing for illegal drug use. Norton says that individuals living in federally assisted housing should not be denied admission, or fear eviction, for using a product legal in their state. Both adult use and medical use of marijuana are legal in D.C. and 34 states, and over 90 percent of Americans support legalized medical marijuana.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the House’s fiscal year 2021 supplemental security appropriations bill, introduced today to respond to the January 6 attack on the Capitol, contains victories for the District of Columbia she sought. The bill provides D.C. $66.7 million to eliminate the long-running deficit in the federally funded D.C. Emergency Planning and Security Fund (EPSF), prohibits the use of funds in the bill to install permanent above-ground fencing at the Capitol complex, and requires Capitol Police officers to wear body cameras. In February, Norton introduced the No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex Act, which would prohibit the use of funds to install permanent fencing at the Capitol complex. In March, the House passed her Federal Police Camera and Accountability Act, which would require federal police officers to wear body cameras and use dashboard cameras, as part of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the response she and other Quiet Skies Caucus (QSC) members received from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to their letter regarding the FAA’s Neighborhood Environmental Survey, a nationwide survey about aircraft noise annoyance. Norton declared it a win for District of Columbia residents and the QSC. Norton and Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) are co-chairs of the QSC, and Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY) are vice chairs.