“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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May 4, 2009

Yes, I wish you would because we would like to get ahead of it in case----

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May 4, 2009

I absolutely anticipate that once some of these guys get the job, even though there is every incentive to start, that you will be looking at some people who start up and some people who put in a good bid, but don't start up as quickly.

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May 4, 2009

Do you think we will be able to get more retirees than contractors or not, Mr. Miller?

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May 4, 2009

Is it still impossible for an annuitant? I thought we made some changes in that.

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May 4, 2009

You see, this is the kind of inefficiency we have got to do without. You all should not be put to that.

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May 4, 2009

I guess that, though, is really the atom bomb.

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May 4, 2009

I am especially pleased to be chairing the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management at a time when Congress has provided unprecedented funds for repair and rehabilitation to the GSA.

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May 4, 2009

I do not intend to offer any excuses. I am not going to say GSA made me do it...

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May 4, 2009

The President does have to do it all at one time or go home; and he ain't going home.

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May 4, 2009

I expect, frankly, that qualified minority journeymen and apprentices will be easily hired.

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May 4, 2009

We have decided that there are so many Federal facilities that it would be impossible to locate this money in just a few of them.

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May 4, 2009

Even as we were getting money for this program, we realized we were not going to get enough, and we put you at a terrible disadvantage.

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