Eleanor Norton actually said...

"I do need to know whether anyone can act; and I ask the committee to find out, if there is no general counsel who processes these charges, whether or not there is the possibility, perhaps even the com..."

"I was impressed with your testimony. I, in a prior life, ran a Federal agency, and at the time, the important issue was efficiency, so I endorse your ideas to make the agencies more efficient."

"it does seem to me to be a violation of the ability to bargain at all."

"I'm trying to understand what it will take to make sure that your management improvements take hold."