Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

"It is just as critical to ensure that federal infrastructure dollars are invested in safe and cost-effective projects that serve the public interest."

"the Department of Interior has $17.3 billion in deferred maintenance and repair needs"

"I have an interest in railroads and trespassing, and the statistics that show that people are often killed by walking the railroads."

"I take that as the functionally equivalent to affirmative action, which I enforced as a part of the 1964 Equal Employment Opportunity Act."