Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

"I am far less interested in the numbers than I am in the controversy surrounding that list."

"If you are on the list and shouldn't be on the list, is there an appeal process so you can get off the damn list?"

"As for Carol Waller Pope, this is the fourth time I have been before you for her. That says everything about, I think, her distinguished record."

"I realize that brevity is the coin of the realm. I will have very little to say. I will let these nominees speak for themselves."