Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

"I would like to put on the record, if you would allow us, some sense of what employees... would be the sources of income..."

"I applaud your creativity."

"I have a bill that would allow some backpay for workers who work in--who are contract workers in retail, food, custodial and security."

"If I could say, I'm also cosponsoring a bill that makes it 200 percent of pay."