Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

"Part of the administration's efforts to dispose of and redevelop underutilized Federal properties, that effort led to the administration's submission of the Civilian Property Realignment Commission pr..."

"there is always political feedback from Members of the House and Senate if you try to sell a property in their district of State."

"The District of Columbia is not a colony, it is part of the United States, and its people are entitled to be treated with the same respect that we demand for the people we represent."

"So the counsel himself didn't want his opinion in writing?"