Eleanor Norton actually said...

"we are enormously indebted to Postal Service workers for catching the letter that contained ricin and kept it from coming to the Congress."

"instead of going through these same issues every year in these hearings, five day, six day, why don't we just pass a bill and then we will iron out the differences?"

"It is Emancipation Day in the District, and they are about to embark on a parade, the least emancipated city in the United States is about to march in an Emancipation Day parade."

"I certainly hope some members will join me in asking that the Congress look again, in light of the Boston tragedy, at the cuts that are occurring to public safety as a result of this sequestration."