“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

By the close of business tomorrow, I want that staff chart here, please.

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Apr 30, 2009

you requested that we find a way to speed up the process to construct this intercity bus terminal.

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Apr 28, 2009

why couldn't that kind of work be already underway?

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Apr 28, 2009

the money for WMATA, the stimulus money for WMATA is not in hand?

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Apr 28, 2009

I congratulate the District as the first to put up its share initially when we were going for these funds...

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Apr 28, 2009

There are going to be howls unless we are able to say more about what we are doing with training.

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Apr 28, 2009

I want to see the timeline within two weeks for spending the $4.5 billion dollars for Saint Elizabeth's.

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Apr 28, 2009

But above all, thank you for the way in which you are tracking these funds and making good on your promise that this money had to be used or lost.

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Apr 28, 2009

But apparently none of it is yet out.

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Apr 28, 2009

There is a lot of difference among those things.

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Apr 28, 2009

I do agree with you, Mr. Chairman, regarding how we must use the stimulus exercise, shall we call it.

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