WASHINGTON, July 8 (Rep.) -- Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., issued the following news release: * * * Norton Introduces Bill to Preserve D.C. Region Civil War Defenses * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to recognize and preserve the Civil War Defenses of Washington, located in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland, by redesignating them as a national historic park. "This bill would redesignate the 22 Defenses of Washington currently under National Park Service jurisdiction as a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Raskin, Spartz Introduce Legislation Directing Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to Advance Plans for "Dazzling National Memorial" Honoring American Patriot Thomas Paine * WASHINGTON, D.C.- Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Victoria Spartz (IN-05) introduced bipartisan legislation to direct the U.S. Department of the Interior to place the forthcoming memorial honoring the indispensable American political writer and philosopher Thomas Paine in " more PR