Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

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

"That is the kind of thing I am talking about, somebody who is kind of like them and has succeeded."

"These are people who don't understand why life hasn't been given to them as it was given to others immediately before them."

"If we end up getting a lot built and a lot rehabilitated, and we are not able to show a large number of jobs for it, we will all be held accountable."