“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.”

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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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Apr 28, 2009

I am concerned that very often the really indispensable work that the IGs perform are performed after the fact.

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Apr 28, 2009

You have no idea how many funds are obligated as of now?

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Apr 28, 2009

It would be such a tragedy if we had a series of audits that because we were trying to get jobs for Americans as quickly as possible that the prediction that nobody can get money out that quick without having disproportionate issues to…

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Apr 28, 2009

Let me just speak for the District of Columbia. I mean, we have truly embraced the whole concept of restore the core...

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Apr 28, 2009

What assurance can you give us that those funds will be obligated within those 90 and I guess 120-day timeframes?

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Apr 28, 2009

WMATA may have to take the lead on this.

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Apr 28, 2009

I want to congratulate Mr. Catoe to his face again because Mr. Catoe, you and your employees performed magnificently during the inauguration.

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Apr 28, 2009

I guess that is the nature of the beast here.

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Apr 28, 2009

I intend, Mr. Chairman, to make this a requirement in the new reauthorization funds.

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Apr 28, 2009

What we did was to go to the Senate, frankly, and indicate that this was a classic FDR project.

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Apr 28, 2009

The notion of fares going up, my impressions is that WMATA has withheld fare increases over long periods of time, and then had to raise fares.

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Apr 28, 2009

Well, maybe I am overly anxious, but it does seem to me that some of that work--we are coming on into May--could have been started and I am a little concerned.

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