Eleanor Norton actually said...

"You were generous in saying WMATA didn't have a lot of money to do what really needed to be done."

"What was the reason, do you believe, we prohibited ourselves from providing for the safety of the public and rapid transit the way we do in other common carriers?"

"Would that not be a reasonable thing for the Congress to do?"

"You know these people cannot replace these cars. And you have done your duty over and over again and said, 'Replace those cars.'"