Eleanor Norton actually said...

"I hate to think of this economy as something that we want to quick, hurry, take advantage of, because we don't want it to linger."

"What I can't understand is why, in fact--indeed, I would have expected you to come to the Subcommittee and ask for some assistance."

"What is the role of somebody who doesn't have any expertise when it comes to security except to do what I do, complain about too much security or I have seen people get in who shouldn't?"

"I am into shock and dismay that the USDA, Department of Agriculture, apparently is delinquent in its rent, and very delinquent."