Rep. Norton to Host Press Conference with Mayor Bowser and National Organizations to Defend D.C. Home Rule from FY19 Appropriations Riders

(Washington, DC) –  The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Rep. Norton will host a press conference with District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and a coalition of national and local organizations to protect D.C.’s local laws during the upcoming Fiscal Year 2019 appropriations process on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at 11:30 am, in HVC-215 (U.S. Capitol Visitor Center).  Rep. Norton turned back a record number of attacks on D.C.’s local laws this Congress with the help of a coalition of partners.
 
The President’s FY 2019 budget has an increasing number (four) of D.C. riders: prohibiting D.C. from spending its local funds on abortion for low-income women, on commercializing recreational marijuana, on carrying out the Death with Dignity Act and on carrying out the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act (RHNDA).
 
WHEN:
Wednesday, May 2, at 11:30 am
 
WHO:
Mayor Muriel Bowser
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
 
WHERE:
U.S. Capitol Visitor Center – HVC-215
First Street, NE
*Closest Metro: Capitol South Metro Station*
 
Press interested in attending the event are asked to RSVP to press@dc.gov. To view the event online, visit mayor.dc.gov/live or tune in on Channel 16 (DCN).