Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And I thank you for promptly convening this hearing."

"I really am just begging you, please, please, these agencies--do what these agencies have refused to do. Protect kids in this country from lead in drinking water."

"It's unfortunate and a travesty that we have crises like these occurring around the country every day, whether it's toxic drinking water, toxic land, subhuman tenements, crumbling schools."

"Mr. Creagh, there are many people in the Michigan State government that could have stopped this tragedy from occurring."