Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

"Is the water now safe to drink?"

"Neither the Federal Government nor your State--the Federal Government should have been pressing this, should have been giving money for this."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And I thank you for promptly convening this hearing."

"I really am just begging you, please, please, these agencies--do what these agencies have refused to do. Protect kids in this country from lead in drinking water."