Eleanor Norton actually said...

"If this money does not reach a small business contract, then the funds over which we have oversight will have been a partial failure."

"Our goal, though, is not only to distribute the funds quickly and to spark short-term job creation, but to ensure that these investments will lead to long-term, higher-skill, and higher-wage jobs."

"This recovery tracking hearing number 3 is open for business."

"The Recovery Act's primary purpose is to stimulate economic recovery through investments that preserve and create jobs."