Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

"You cannot get an answer. I am not saying a straight answer; I am saying an answer from the Federal Government."

"Federal employees and residents in this very dense region have lived with a continuous tension, most of it from a total lack of transparency on a subject of huge urgency involving hazardous materials."

"What leaked out was deadly chlorine gas from one of three cars that was carrying liquid chlorine."

"The hazardous substances area presents immense challenges to a market economy."