Eleanor Norton actually said...

"I think that the testimony here of very competent officers is all that needs to be said about this appropriation period and interoperability."

"And, of course, it would be compounded if, in fact, there was free access to military-style weapons which would make it much, much easier to mow down people in such a crowd if you happen to be either ..."

"How would the Red Cross handle an event with so many widely dispersed people with disabilities across the region?"

"The, perhaps, most pathetic, most tragic part of Katrina had to do with people who could not take care of themselves, and these were patients, trauma patients who were in hospitals."