Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

the linking of the 2.5 miles from the beltway, to deliberately exclude most of the District of Columbia was an affront, frankly.

Norton criticizes the exclusion of D.C. from the RFI criteria.

03/12/2013

More Eleanor Holmes Norton Quotes

There will be criticism of Federal projects that are not preparing for the workforce of the future.

The fact is that you don't build that much anymore.

It is not acceptable to have Federal funds being used on a construction project today without doing some kind of apprenticeship development ...

We have been moribund on courthouses for some time and this Committee does not intend to move with courthouses.