Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

Your decision to leave your service here in the Senate leaves for the District of Columbia a hole in our heart and a big hole in the chair where you sit.

Context

Norton expresses the impact of Akaka's departure on D.C. during his farewell.

11/19/2012

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