Eleanor Norton actually said...

"I want to take a moment to thank members of this subcommittee who have highlighted the critical needs of these programs."

"I have an interest in railroads and trespassing, and the statistics that show that people are often killed by walking the railroads."

"It seems to me it is worth the work."

"We finally got to 1968--Fair Housing Act--when there was the great tragedy of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr."