Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

"The EDA grant was very important, Mr. Chairman, because when a historic structure burns you just can't slap some bricks back up there."

"I am not going to deal with a program whose major focus is public infrastructure without finding it out on my own."

"We are very pleased with this Agency. We know what it has done. We know why we continue to focus on infrastructure."

"I have a feeling that in understanding the value one would have to get beyond the jobs created at that moment."