Eleanor Norton actually said...

"Do you believe in majority rule? The majority wants to be represented."

"It is a tough budget with admirable balance. It spreads the pain."

"Chairman Issa's proposal is something I want to very much--it is the first I've heard of it, but it is one I certainly very much would like to work with him on and to build on."

"But then I had one bill that said in the event of a shutdown, in any year, the District may spend its local funds so that we would not have to go through what we went through this time."