Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

"this bill is not only an attack on our own LGBTQ community whose rights we have gone very far in protecting, but it is an attack on the sovereignty of the District of Columbia itself."

"I really resent the fact that you're having this hearing. You're singling me and a lot of other people out who don't deserve this from you."

"I appreciate your conduct of this investigation in a nonpartisan way, in keeping with the sterling reputation..."

"These hearings are so often accusatory that they yield no guidance as to how to conduct business in the future..."