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Article: DEL. NORTON ASKS OVERSIGHT, GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE TO DECLINE TO INTERVENE INTO LOCAL D.C. AFFAIRS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- November 5, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., issued the following press release:
In a letter released today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) asked Committee on Government Oversight and Reform Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) and Subcommittee Chairman Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) to decline the request of two Republican Committee members for a Committee investigation of the District's funding of its HIV/AIDS programs following allegations reported in the Washington Post. In her letter, Norton, who has a long record of working to improve conditions for residents with HIV/AIDS, called the alleged misuse of funds "inexcusable." However, she cited ongoing investigations by the ...