Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

The purpose of--we would not be engaged in this hearing, and you would not have this money except for one purpose, to create jobs.

Norton emphasizes the importance of job creation as the main goal of funding.

05/04/2009

More Eleanor Holmes Norton Quotes

Thank you very much, Chairman Graves, for scheduling this hearing. This is an important hearing.

I think even Congress this year will look at those cuts and understand that they have contributed to the crisis.

It looks like we have implicated taxpayer funds, that some may have come out of official funds and some out of cartel funds.

I don't know how to describe what we've seen here: Boys going wild; out of sight, out of mind.