Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

Some developer somewhere has been able to get the government to plop down money to rent his building for 15 years and he did not have to compete anywhere else in the region.

Context

Norton criticizes a government lease deal lacking competitive bidding.

10/26/2009

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