Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

"There has to be something in this to make people understand it."

"I think 25 percent of the project is being paid for by an EDA grant, much to the great joy and delight of the community."

"The EDA grant was very important, Mr. Chairman, because when a historic structure burns you just can't slap some bricks back up there."

"I am not going to deal with a program whose major focus is public infrastructure without finding it out on my own."