Eleanor Norton actually said...

"Now what we have learned as a result of the droughts, as a result of Sandy, as a result of Katrina, is that, I don't know, we may not have another 9/11; we certainly have done a lot to prepare in case..."

"Are we sure that there will be no rebuilding, Mr. Tombar, in the affected areas until some barriers are constructed that would go far toward making a similar disaster not impossible?"

"Your decision to leave your service here in the Senate leaves for the District of Columbia a hole in our heart and a big hole in the chair where you sit."

"If compromise is to be the way of the lame duck and the way of the 113th Congress, I certainly hope we won't open that issue."