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Eleanor Holmes Norton

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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.

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Sep 22, 2009

So you lease the garage yourself?

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Jul 29, 2009

I am having a hard time understanding why we are just studying some of these matters...

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Jul 29, 2009

I want to take this opportunity to commend the employee representatives of the unions before us...

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Jul 29, 2009

The Postal Service is just too slow. You are going to have to reach out to communities.

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Jul 29, 2009

Well, that is very important to have on the record.

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Jul 29, 2009

I agree with Mr. Burrus that watch out for calling the decline and fall altogether of the Post Office.

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Jul 29, 2009

I have looked closely at this 5 day week largely because it is one of the few things I think the public is not going to throw their hands up at.

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Jul 28, 2009

That seems, Mr. Chairman, to be minimally necessary.

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Jul 28, 2009

You see that there have been breaches of national security through what is only politely called inadvertent file sharing.

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Jul 28, 2009

What in the world can you do if information that is true and will forever be true about your medical condition is out there?

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Jul 28, 2009

if 41 of the 50 States already understand this, it does seem to me ... that we would want to bring forward a bill to make sure that this is done nationally.

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Jul 26, 2009

these duplicative functions were cited as a primary cause of the failed response of Hurricane Katrina.

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