WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., issued the following statement on March 3, 2021: * * * Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement on the death of her longtime friend Vernon Jordan. "To many Americans, Vernon Jordan, who died yesterday, was a well-known and admired figure in American life. To me, Vernon was a good friend of many years. "Vernon's life will remain emblematic of the heights to which an African American can climb, regardle  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., issued the following news release on March 2, 2021: U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution recognizing the successful campaign led by disability advocates to secure a statue of FDR in a wheelchair in the Prologue Room at the FDR Memorial and urging the National Park Service (NPS) to make the Memorial accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities  more

CORAL GABLES, Florida, March 2 (TNSPer) -- The University of Miami's Miami Herbert Business School issued the following news release: Former U.S. congresswoman and former University of Miami President joins Miami Herbert as the University of Miami Board of Trustees Presidential Chair and professor emerita in the Department of Health Management and Policy. Donna Shalala, who was Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton and who later served in the U.S. House of Represe  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on March 2, 2021: U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution recognizing the successful campaign led by disability advocates to secure a statue of FDR in a wheelchair in the Prologue Room at the FDR Memorial and urging the National Park Service (NPS) to make the Memorial accessible to everyone by installing tactile braille through  more