Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

"It is an extreme proposal, to put it mildly. There is a reason that reorganizations are rarely done."

"I don't object at all to the fact that almost everybody in BLM is in the field."

"I do want to lay to rest this affordability question. It is an argument for decentralizing the entire Federal Government."

"Have you looked at the history of what this same move has done to USDA? They have experienced a 71 percent loss of staff."