Eleanor Norton actually said...

"I will alert you of this. We have held this reauthorization hearing, and I don't know when this bill will be marked up or moved forward, and reauthorization occurs once in a blue moon."

"We are anxious to begin the reauthorization process and are pleased to have your testimony."

"But the bill had at its major focus for the kinds of spending you concentrate on, which is public infrastructure, creating jobs."

"How do you intend? What kinds of projects? What methodology are you going to use for choosing how you will spend that money?"