Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

"Is not a design-build contract one that is for fixed costs? And was the contractor agreeing to provide it for upfront fixed costs and then with certain sanctions if the contractor does not?"

"So the grid, for example, which is separately in the budget of the Homeland Security Department, that grid will be the grid for the entire St."

"the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia, Ms. Norton, is authorized to sit on the dias for the purpose of questioning the witnesses during the hearing today."

"And what happens if it goes over budget, over the budget that the contractor has agreed to where you have not agreed to changes that cause the increase?"