“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

Political Quotes

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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Jun 9, 2009

Is that the most serious problem you will have to continue to monitor?

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Jun 9, 2009

This community is going to know what those weapons were when this is all over.

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Jun 9, 2009

What is the national security concern about a World War I munition that certainly isn't anywhere used today?

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Jun 9, 2009

We look to the EPA as the Federal agency for environmental matters.

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Jun 9, 2009

I am looking for somebody above it all who will look at the work and say that the work has been done or not.

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Jun 9, 2009

I am just trying to find out who appoints them.

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Jun 9, 2009

Thank you very much, Mr. Kerwin. We are going to go to Ms. Wells.

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Jun 9, 2009

If there is a work plan, if we are now supposed to be in an era of transparency, why not share it?

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Jun 9, 2009

I want to alert this panel that in 20 minutes to a half hour even the voteless Delegate from the District of Columbia gets to vote.

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Jun 9, 2009

I appreciate that, beginning in my early years in Congress when I was in the minority, this committee has held every hearing that I have requested to assure that the Spring Valley neighborhood surrounding American University is cleared of…

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Jun 9, 2009

What you have just said mentioning regulators suggests that the Corps should not leave on the basis of its own evaluation, but only after regulators have certified that in their independent judgment it is safe to leave at this point.

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Jun 9, 2009

You are now about to leave. As you leave, surely we could get the greatest transparency possible.

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