NORTON THREE TIMES SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR ALONE IN BEATING GUN SAFETY LAW OPPONENTS...
CONTINUES D.C. GUN SAFETY LAW WATCH THROUGHOUT COMING LAME DUCK SESSION

Norton, Citizens, Elected Officials on Major Campaign to Save D.C. Gun Safety Laws!

Congresswoman Norton: "After bringing assault weapons back nationwide on September 13, irresponsible extremists in the Congress are trying to make the nation’s capital a free fire zone during an orange alert by repealing the city’s gun safety laws.  However, House and Senate bills have provoked a storm of outrage from District citizens, and the formation of Citizens to Save D.C. Gun Safety Laws." 

Click here to get the details of a Protest Against the Gun Repeal Wednesday, September 29.

Click here to get the Real Facts on D.C. gun safety laws.

Click here to see how D.C. gun safety laws are working.

Click here to see Editorials in The Washington Post, The New York Times and Roll Call  in support of D.C. gun safety laws and home rule. 

Scroll down to see Norton Press Releases  on fighting repeal of D.C. gun safety laws.

Scroll down to see Norton Press Releases on Other Subjects.

NORTON MOVES ON TO SENATE TO ASSURE D.C. GUN SAFETY PROTECTION

September 29, 2004.   The House today passed, H.R. 3193, a bill to repeal D.C. gun safety laws, on a vote of 250 to 171.  Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the District still has a decent chance to retain its current protections because she has already pushed back two attempts this year to pass this same bill in the Senate.  “This is no time to relax, however,” Norton said.  Click here for more.

DELAY AGREES TO SPEAK WITH MAYOR ON GUN BILL--RESIDENTS TO PROTEST AT THE CAPITOL TOMORROW

September 28, 2004.  After a news conference to stop the repeal of D.C.’s gun safety laws with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Mayor Anthony Williams, MPD Chief Charles Ramsey and Schools Superintendent Clifford Janey, the four officials went over to talk with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.  Click here for more.

NORTON READY TO FIGHT GUN REPEAL ON HOUSE FLOOR NEXT WEDNESDAY

September 24, 2004.  Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that the House has scheduled a vote to repeal D.C.’s gun safety laws next Wednesday, September 29, 2004.  Norton said, “I am no more giving up in the House than I gave up in the Senate this week.  Click here for more.

NORTON PRAISES QUICK SENATE PASSAGE OF D.C. APPROPRIATION--
ALSO INCREASES CHANCE D.C. GUN SAFETY LAWS WILL BE SAVED

September 22, 2004.  Congresswoman Norton (D-DC) today worked with the Senate leadership to assure that there would be no objection to passage of the D.C. appropriation by unanimous consent..."Today’s passage considerably narrows the opportunity for the Congress to repeal D.C.’s gun safety laws—a result we must avoid at all costs," said the Congresswoman.  Click    here for more.

NORTON HAILS THIRD DEFEAT OF GUN REPEAL AND PREPARES FOR HOUSE FIGHT           

September 21, 2004.  Congresswoman Norton released a statement upon Senate Appropriations Committee passage of the D.C. appropriation this afternoon:  “What was most important about passage of the D.C. bill today was what was not in the bill...we turned back the third attempt this year to repeal D.C. gun safety laws."  Click here for more.

CO-CHAIRS OF CITIZENS TO SAVE D.C. GUN SAFETY LAWS SPEAK AT SENATE PRESS CONFERENCE AND LOBBY SENATORS

September 20, 2004.  Congresswoman Norton 
today introduced the co-chairs of Citizens to Save D.C. Gun Safety Laws at a press conference in the Senate, where a gun repeal rider could be attached to a D.C. appropriations bill.  Click here for more. 

NORTON IN DISCUSSIONS WITH DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND D.C. CITIZEN LEADERS ON ACTIONS TO STOP GUN SAFETY LAW REPEAL

September 17, 2004.  Congresswoman Norton said today that she has been in discussions with Democratic congressional leaders about the threatened vote to repeal D.C.’s gun laws and with District residents and community leaders who want to fight to save the laws and to demand respect for home rule.  Click  here for more.

NORTON WITH KERRY AT ASSAULT WEAPONS PRESS CONFERENCE SAYS HOUSE WILL SCHEDULE VOTE TO REPEAL ALL D.C. GUN LAWS

September 13, 2004.  At a press conference on the reauthorization of the assault weapons ban with Senator John Kerry today, Congresswoman 
Norton said, “we in the District can only be outraged that the House would twice expose our children to risk death by gunshot, first by failing to reauthorize the assault weapons ban and then by repealing all of the city’s gun laws.”  Click here for more.

Scroll down to see Norton Press Releases on Other Subjects.

NORTON MEETS WITH D.C. HEALTH OFFICIALS TO GET ACTION TO AVOID A FLU CRISIS--Meeting with Federal Officials Planned

October 14, 2004.  At a meeting today with D.C. Department of Health (DOH) officials and representatives of health care providers, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) got assurances from DOH that it would issue regulations requiring that flu vaccines be provided based on public health risks and priorities, while Norton works with federal officials to assure that the District gets increased supplies.  Click here for more.

NORTON SAYS NO EVIDENCE OR INTELLIGENCE OF RISK TO PERSONNEL AT CAPITOL

October 12, 2004.  On the basis of a detailed briefing from congressional security officials this evening, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a Member of the Homeland Security Committee, reassured residents of the District and the region that there is no evidence of any specific security concern covering the U.S. Capitol complex, in response to reports that Sen. Mark Dayton (D-MN) has closed his office in the Russell Building.    Click here for more.

NORTON AND DAVIS WORK TOGETHER TO ELIMINATE CONGRESSIONAL HURDLES IN BILL ON ITS WAY TO WHITE HOUSE

October 12, 2004.    Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis (R-VA) are pleased to announce that the Senate yesterday passed H.R. 3797, “The 2004 D.C. Omnibus Authorization Act,” by unanimous vote.  The bill provides a new annual vehicle for enacting laws that change the Home Rule Charter or involve federal laws without attaching them as riders to the D.C. appropriation.  Click here for more.

NORTON TO ADDRESS EMERGENCY CAUSED BY SHORTAGE OF FLU VACCINE

October 8, 2004.  Following testimony at a hearing of the Committee on Government Reform entitled, “The Nation’s Flu Shortage: How it Happened and Where We Go From Here,” Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that on the first day of the congressional lame duck session in November she will file a bill to give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to allocate supplies of scarce vaccines and life saving medicines to address shortages and emergencies.  Click here for more.    

NORTON PRAISES EARLY D.C. APPROPRIATION WITH INCREASED FUNDING FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

October 6, 2004.  The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton announced that the District’s $560 million federal appropriation received final approval in the Congress today and is headed to the White House for the President’s signature...“Today marks an honest to goodness breakthrough because D.C.’s local and federal funds are first, not last out,” Norton said.  Click here for more.

BUSH SIGNS NORTON’S HOMEBUYER AND BUSINESS TAX CREDITS

October 4, 2004.  Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that President Bush has signed her D.C.-only $5,000 Homebuyer Tax Credit and business tax incentives as part of a package of tax cuts approved by Congress last month.  The D.C. credits...were extended through the end of 2005, and ....will be retroactive to January of this year.  Click here for more. 

NORTON GETS LOCAL D.C. BUDGET OUT OF CONGRESS

September 30, 2004.  For the second year in a row the D.C. government will begin spending its own local money on time on October 1, the first day of the new fiscal year, after Norton was able to get the city’s appropriation free from the House and the Senate last night.  The local portion of the D.C. budget is $8.2 billion.  Norton said that this action tracks much of what her pending budget autonomy bill would accomplish.  Click here for more.

EXTENSION OF NORTON’S POPULAR $5,000 HOMEBUYER TAX CREDIT AND BUSINESS TAX INCENTIVES HEADED TO THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER FINAL PASSAGE TODAY

September 24, 2004.  Although she has all along expected passage, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) breathed a sigh of relief when the House and Senate this evening approved a conference bill extending the D.C. tax incentives for economic development and job creation and the popular $5,000 Homebuyer Tax Credit that expired at the end of 2003.  Click here for more.

CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS TO PREMIERE PLAY FOR NORTON CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS BRAINTRUST

September 9, 2004.  TODAY, from 4:00 p.m. - 5:50 p.m. in Room 143A at the new Washington Convention, children and professional actors will premiere a play titled “Who Does the Time," as part of the braintrust sponsored by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s (CBCF) 34th Annual Legislative Conference.   The play conveys the experience of families left behind when a loved one goes to prison. Its cast members include D.C. area children who have first-hand knowledge of the issue, and actors whose credits include the popular HBO series, “The Wire.”  Click here for more.


NORTON GET WELL LETTER TO CLINTON REVEALS PROMISE TO ATTEND VOTING RIGHTS TOWN MEETING

September 7, 2004.  Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a letter to President Bill Clinton today conveying the relief and delight of D.C. residents that his heart bypass surgery was successful.  “Many prayed and others were simply confident that the ‘comeback kid’ would do it again,” she wrote.  Norton also said that Clinton would have a rain check on his promise to participate in a town meeting on voting rights here. 
Norton had previously said that a major Democratic figure had agreed to participate with residents in a town meeting on voting rights but had held off on naming him until an exact date was set.  Click here for more.


NORTON REMEMBERS REPUBLICAN ADVOCATE FOR D.C. EMPOWERMENT

September 1, 2004.  Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today issued the following statement on learning of the death of former New York Rep. Frank Horton, a Republican and an early leader for the home rule form of government and the delegate vote the District has today:  “I believe that D.C. residents would want to join me in sadness.  
Click here for more. 


NORTON CRITICIZES GOP FOR EXCLUDING D.C. VOTING RIGHTS
FROM PLATFORM DESPITE LOCAL REPUBLICAN EFFORTS

August 27, 2004.  Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that she was saddened to learn that despite the efforts of the D.C. Republican Committee, the GOP once again has denied D.C. citizens their recognition as U.S. citizens by refusing D.C. platform committee language endorsing minimum voting representation--in the House only.  Click here for more.  


NORTON RELEASES LETTER TO HOUSE CHAIR WITH OVERSIGHT OVER SECURITY OFFICIALS

August 16, 2004.    Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton today released a letter on the response to the orange alert here based on a conversation yesterday with Chairman Bob Ney of the House Administration Committee, whose jurisdiction covers the House Sergeant at Arms and the Capitol Police… Also released was Mayor Williams’ letter to congressional security officials urging continuing discussions…Norton and Ney have agreed on a joint task force of federal and D.C. security officials to work with a consultant to quickly implement a citywide coordinated security plan.  Click here for more.


JOINT STATEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS AND D.C. OFFICIALS ISSUED AFTER MEETING ON ACTIONS FOLLOWING ORANGE ALERT 

August 9, 2004.  Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, congressional security officials and D.C. officials today released the following statement:  Congresswoman Norton, House and Senate security officials, and District of Columbia government officials had a collegial, candid and productive meeting today concerning measures taken after last week’s orange alert…The purpose of the meeting was to identify all the issues of concern to District officials and to security personnel and to catalogue possible alternatives.  Click here for more.


NORTON AT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH JOURNALIST TO DEMAND REMEDIES TO PREVENT ILLEGAL DETAINING OF CITIZENS AND PRESS

August 7, 2004.   Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will go to First and D Streets, NE (Senate side) at 3:00 this afternoon with Kathryn Sinzinger, the editor and publisher of the D.C. weekly, The Common Denominator,” who was detained at that location for 15 minutes while her reporter was being detained for almost an hour at First and C Streets, SE (House side), both by the U.S. Capitol Police Friday afternoon…“The shameful treatment of these two members of the press is typical of police in countries that export terrorists, not of police professionals here, whom we depend on to protect us from terrorism," Norton said.  Click   here for more.


NORTON TO HOLD ANNUAL JOB FAIR IN THE MIDST OF STAGNANT EMPLOYMENT CLIMATE
Job Preparation Workshops Offered

August 6, 2004.  As a disappointing jobs growth report was released today, the Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the 7^th Annual Norton Job Fair for D.C. residents will take place on Wednesday, August 11, 2004, from 11 AM to 4 PM at the new Washington Convention Center, located at 9^th and Mount Vernon Place, NW.  Click here for more.


NORTON AND WILLIAMS INSIST ON SENSIBLE ALTERNATIVES TO STREET CLOSURES

August 3, 2004.  Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)  made the following statement at a news conference today to object to new traffic procedures around the Capitol complex:  I want to discuss our objections, particularly to the closing of First Street N.E., to offer several alternatives that we believe would work as well that are already being used by federal security officers in Congress and in the city, and to indicate the response of senior security officials here with whom I have spoken.  Click here for more. 


NORTON BILL TO NAME NEW ANNEX FOR FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN
CHIEF JUDGE HERE WINS HOUSE APPROVAL

July 21, 2004.  Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today got House passage of a bill to name the Annex of the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Building, which houses the U. S. District Court and the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, for William B. Bryant, a former chief judge of the District Court, the first African American to hold that post.  Click here for more.


NORTON’S WORK WITH HOUSE MEMBERS ELIMINATES MARRIAGE, GUN REPEAL, AND
ANTI-IMMIGRANT ATTACHMENTS AS CLEANEST D.C. APPROPRIATION PASSES THE HOUSE

July 20, 2004.  The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that after strenuous efforts by Norton over the past few days, the House today approved the District’s FY05 budget with no new riders and without threatened riders to ban same-sex marriages, repeal D.C. gun laws, and prevent documented non-citizen residents from voting in D.C. elections.  Click here for more.


THREE SENATORS GATHERING SIGNATURES TO GIVE D.C. A QUARTER COIN

July 16, 2004.  Three senators-- two Republicans and a Democrat--are now gathering two-thirds of the Senate to support S.2602, the District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program Act as original cosponsors. Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT), Robert Bennett (R-UT) and Sam Brownback (R-KS) are original cosponsors...S.2602 affords D.C. and the territories the opportunity to put a design on the reverse side of the quarter coin...Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said, “Chris Dodd, Bob Bennett and Sam Brownback are not only friends of mine but, more importantly, they are friends of the District who agree on the importance of recognizing all Americans on the symbols of American citizenship.”  Click here for more.


TUITION FOR D.C. COLLEGE STUDENTS GETS NEW LIFE AND AND MORE MONEY

July 15, 2004.  The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced a double win for the popular Tuition Assistance Grant (TAG) program that allows D.C. residents to attend public and private  colleges throughout the United States.  Late last night Congresswoman Norton and Congressman Tom Davis (R-VA) managed the reauthorization of the D.C. College Access Act for another five years and the bill was passed unanimously.  Earlier in the day, the Appropriations Committee approved a 50% increase in funding for the Act.  Click here for more.


NORTON APPLAUDS LARGE INCREASE IN D.C. TUITION ASSISTANCE
AT APPROPRIATIONS MARKUP 

July 14, 2004.  The full House Appropriations Committee today approved the District’s FY ‘05 budget with funding for some of Congresswoman Norton’s top priorities, including a 50% increase in funding for her D.C. College Access Act...The D.C. budget also includes other funding Norton pressed for, particularly $13 million for public schools; $13 for charter schools; $10 million to continue the Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan to repair and upgrade the District’s antiquated combined sewer system; and $3 million for the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative.  Click here for more.


NORTON APPLAUDS NPS FOR EARLY WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL REOPENING— CALLS FOR NEW 4^TH OF JULY FIREWORKS LOCATION

July 6, 2004.  Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today asked National Park Service (NPS) officials to explore alternative locations for the Independence Day fireworks display next year, as she thanked them for “the diligent efforts” that resulted in the reopening of the World War II Memorial earlier than planned yesterday.  Thursday, Norton sent a letter to Terry Carlstrom, NPS National Capital Region Director,  asking that the new Memorial be reopened at least for the 5^th or part of July 5, and expressing concern that the NPS originally planned to close it on all of July 4 and 5.  Click here for more.


NORTON, FORMER EEOC CHAIR, CHALLENGES NATION TO
STRONGER ENFORCEMENT AT 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT CELEBRATION

July 2, 2004.  Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today joined   Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), CBC members, union and business leaders, and civil rights advocates at a Lincoln Memorial commemoration of the 40^th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed 40 years ago today.  Norton called the Act “a living statutory monument to the struggles of African Americans for equality.”  A former chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Norton said that celebration of the Act “must be joined with a determination to seek a renewal of the national commitment to civil rights enforcement that once surrounded the Act.”  Click here for more.


NORTON WANTS WWII MEMORIAL
OPEN ON JULY 4^TH WEEKEND

July 1, 2004.  Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today called on the National Park Service (NPS) to rethink its decision to close the World War II Memorial during the entire Independence Day holiday weekend, July 3^rd through July 5^th, out of respect for World War II veterans, other veterans, their families, and other visitors who will come specifically to visit the new Memorial....Norton asked that the NPS take steps to open the World War II Memorial for at least part of the July 4^th holiday weekend.  Norton said that she understands precautions must be taken to protect the monument from the fireworks display...However, she said, “considering that the Memorial has just opened this year and thousands of veterans will undoubtedly be drawn to Washington to see the new Memorial, it would be a devastating disappointment if the entire holiday weekend the Memorial were to remain closed.”  Click here for more.


NORTON PRAISES REDUCED TRACTOR MAN SENTENCE FOR IMPACT ON FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES

June 30, 2004.  Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that what “Tractor Man did to the District was appalling,” but she praised the decision of U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to reduce Dwight Watson’s sentence, for returning “federal sentencing practices to basic constitutional principles.  Norton’s major concern has been with the federal sentencing guidelines which she said have had racially discriminatory effects that have contributed to the devastation of the African American family.  Click here for more.


NORTON GETS D.C. FLAG FLYING AT UNION STATION FOR FIRST TIME

June 24, 2004.  Following a call from Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the flag of the District of Columbia will be flying on Columbus Circle in front of Union Station along with the flags of the 50 states and the U.S. territories.  The National Park Service (NPS) raised the D.C. flag today between the flags of Hawaii and Puerto Rico, near the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building...Flags from the states and territories have flown at Union Station since the 1976 bicentennial...Norton said, "We do not intend to allow what some regard as small oversights to go by.  Click here for more.


NORTON SAYS FOUR VOTING RIGHTS BILLS OPEN NEW CHAPTER OF
BIPARTISAN COOPERATION THAT CAN HASTEN VOTING RIGHTS

June 23, 2004.  At an unprecedented hearing today on four D.C. voting rights bills, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton said that the hearing and the bills discussed marked the return of bipartisan support for the first time since congressional passage of the D.C. Voting Rights Amendment 30 years ago. The hearing considered Norton’s No Taxation Without Representation Act, and three bills filed by senior Republicans-Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis (R-VA), Rep. Ralph Regula (R-OH), and Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA).  Click here for more.


JEFFORDS-NORTON PROVISION FOR LEAD CRISIS D.C. MONEY GOES TO SENATE FLOOR AND THE HOUSE

Washington, DC—The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced two successful major votes on Norton bills:  Senate committee passage of provisions to address D.C.’s lead water crisis and House passage of a Norton resolution commemorating the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  In the Senate, the Environment and Public Works Committee passed amendments incorporating important parts of the Jeffords-Norton Lead Free Drinking Water Act introduced by Congresswoman Norton and Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT) in May.  Click here for more.


PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL RESPONDS TO COUNCIL CHARTER PRIORITIES AND SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT CANDIDATE MATTER

June 21, 2004.  The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that today the House passed H.R. 3797, unprecedented legislation of major importance to the city, to promote efficiency and discourage appropriation riders. Introduced by Norton and Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis (R-VA) in February, the 2004 District of Columbia Omnibus Authorization Act, will provide a new annual vehicle for enacting laws that change the Home Rule Charter or involve federal laws without attaching them to the D.C. appropriation.  Click here for more.  


PARK SERVICE RESPONDS TO NORTON LETTER WITH FUNDS TO REPAIR D.C. WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL

June 17, 2004.  In response to a letter Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) wrote to Fran Mainella, Director of the National Park Service (NPS) last month, asking for her “attention to a serious neglect” of the D.C. World War I Memorial, NPS officials today said that the Park Service has included more than a half million dollars in the FY ’06 NPS budget request for maintenance and preservation of the Memorial.  A letter from NPS National Capital Regional Director Terry R. Carlstrom to Norton also said that $100,000 is available this year to develop a plan for upgrading the D.C. War Memorial, which is located on the Mall.  Click here for more.


NORTON TO HOUSE FLOOR ON PARK POLICE AMENDMENT STIMULATED BY TERESA CHAMBERS SUSPENSION

June 16, 2004.  The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she will go to the House floor this afternoon to offer an amendment to the Interior Department appropriations bill to direct the National Park Service to conduct a study of crime and vehicle accident rates in units of the national park system... Norton said that the study is necessary to determine whether the redeployment of U.S. Park Police to national monuments since 9-11, away from their normal law enforcement duties, has resulted in higher crime and accidents in parks and on nearby roadways here and across the nation.  Click here for more.


NORTON WINS FINAL BATTLE TO KEEP
HOMELAND SECURITY IN D.C. WITH BILL PASSED TODAY

June 14, 2004.  The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced House passage of a bill naming the District as the permanent home of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), fulfilling one of Norton’s top 108^th Congress priorities--to keep federal jobs in the District of Columbia and avert significant damage to the city’s economy.  HR 4322 establishes the Nebraska Avenue Naval Complex in Northwest D.C. as the permanent headquarters of DHS...The bill marks the culmination of Norton’s successful fight to locate DHS in the nation’s capital and not in Northern Virginia , as some envisioned almost two years ago.  Click here for more.


NORTON AT 1^ST CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING OF TRANSPORTATION BILL AS 1^ST TIME CONFEREE

June 9, 2004.  The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that beginning today, she will serve on the Conference Committee for the reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act, known as TEA LU, the first conference committee on which Norton has served since being elected to Congress. The bill provides authorization for federal funding of highway and transit projects for the next six years...The appointment to the Conference Committee is important to preserve both funds and provisions important to the District of Columbia and the nation.  Click here for more.

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