Eleanor Norton actually said...

"I just want to clarify that my good colleague on the other side indicated, and it is very important, these differences, that the OMB indicated that you should continue to spend at normal rates because..."

"The Republican budget, both last year and this year, cuts enormously, and even this year even more enormously, domestic programs, while increasing the Pentagon budget."

"Some had looked at the cuts, certainly the 10-year cuts, as opportunities to look at the untouchable budget, the Defense Department budget."

"the linking of the 2.5 miles from the beltway, to deliberately exclude most of the District of Columbia was an affront, frankly."