Eleanor Norton actually said...

"I would like it for the District of Columbia, Montgomery County, and Prince George's County and the other regions in the national capital region, if you will."

"It can't go any longer."

"we are going to pass the D.C. House Voting Rights Act. We are not letting anything stand in the way of that."

"This is perhaps--I mean, this is a tremendous deficit for one of the most significant regions in the country."