Eleanor Norton actually said...

"I am not going to deal with a program whose major focus is public infrastructure without finding it out on my own."

"The EDA grant was very important, Mr. Chairman, because when a historic structure burns you just can't slap some bricks back up there."

"I think 25 percent of the project is being paid for by an EDA grant, much to the great joy and delight of the community."

"There has to be something in this to make people understand it."