Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

"Again, Chairman Peters and Senator Carper, thank you for your leadership on this bill."

"Congress does have a choice. It can continue to exclude D.C. residents from the democratic process, forcing them to watch from the sidelines as Congress votes on Federal and D.C. laws and to treat the..."

"The fact that more than half a million Americans live in the District of Columbia and are denied a single voting representative in Congress is clear an historic wrong and justice demands that it be ad..."

"D.C. pays more Federal taxes per capital--and I will repeat that one. The residents I represent pay more taxes per capita than any State, and pay more Federal taxes, right now, than 21 States."