Eleanor Norton actually said...

"Chairwoman Norton, I applaud your leadership role and the effort to strike the right balance between security and access to our Federal buildings."

"Absolutely. That bothered us. Two months to take down a sign saying that a monumental public possession of the United States of America is private property."

"I am having a hard time understanding why we are just studying some of these matters..."

"I want to take this opportunity to commend the employee representatives of the unions before us..."