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Eleanor Holmes Norton is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for the District of Columbia since 1991. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been a strong advocate for D.C. statehood and local autonomy. Throughout her tenure, Norton has focused on issues such as civil rights, education, and public safety, often emphasizing the unique challenges faced by residents of the District of Columbia. She has been vocal against federal interference in local governance, arguing for the rights of D.C. residents to have representation and control over their own affairs.
One has to congratulate the other side for chutzpah. After racking up most of what is now the deficit, they have gotten religion on the deficit in the middle of a recession. When conservative and progressive economists say when the only…
I choose a golf course because I am in such great admiration of this golf course, which has served the people of the District of Columbia for now over 70 years and which was started even before I was born, when young women, apparently not…
I thank the generous gentleman from Georgia and our colleague on the other side as well for their words and for bringing forward this resolution honoring the United States Navy, and especially honoring Medgar Evers. There is some context…
Medgar Evers was not a student. He was not young and foolish the way the students were. He had a lot to risk, and he risked it all. He and a very few others stepped forward to do that first sit-in at a Woolworth's. He paid a price that…
I believe it is your obligation to consider that, even if there is not anything you can do about it at the moment.
I will tell you what I am going to do if I own one of these buildings in this bad economy: I am going to give you an offer you can't refuse, Mr. Frazier.
It is not acceptable to have Federal funds being used on a construction project today without doing some kind of apprenticeship development on that project.
I would ask you, Mr. Guerin, to look at the design prototyping that the Custom and Border Patrol uses and within 30 days submit to this Committee whether or not you think any of it is applicable to GSA.
Nobody from the Federal Government is on the ground for Eleanor Holmes Norton's District's infrastructure funds.
We have been moribund on courthouses for some time and this Committee does not intend to move with courthouses.
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