Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

We are trying to make the District of Columbia the 51st state.

I represent 700,000 residents. They pay the highest Federal taxes-this is a little-known fact-highest Federal taxes per capita in the United...

As long as they don't violate the Antideficiency Act, it seems to me that we will let you be as experimental as you can be.

I want to congratulate you once again, Mr. Bunch, on what you have done, and on the vote of confidence you really have had in your past work...