Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

"The only thing I find in the act is the prohibition on organizations that support the legalization of prostitution, and no one has raised that as an issue here."

"So there is only one issue here. And that issue, it seems to me, is whether HHS followed or failed to follow the objective procedures for awarding a grant to victims, whoever is the organization."

"This is a rare, if not unprecedented, hearing. And I just want to say for the record, this is a hearing about public money."

"I can't find it, but I want to cross-examine you on that view."