“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”
“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.”
“Here is what you need to know: The 2020 election was not stolen; we won and he lost.”

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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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Mar 19, 2009

The Subcommittee should get--the appropriate GSA official should be informed that, by close of business Monday, we either want the projects up, know the reason they are not up, or know when they will be up.

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Mar 19, 2009

We need to negotiate the best deal we can and lock in on not a year extension, but go long and at least out go there 5 to 7 years where we can take advantage of the market rates and we can stabilize.

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Mar 19, 2009

In terms of being able to bring those projects in.

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Mar 19, 2009

Well, let me take up precisely an example like that. The Committee has expressed concern about quite a significant number of leases we have been asked to authorize for the FBI.

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Mar 19, 2009

People can't afford it anymore, particularly with the cost of credit.

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Mar 19, 2009

That could cost the government less.

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Mar 19, 2009

But, Mr. Morris, aren't they having trouble finding anybody who wants to lease? Why don't we leverage the misery...

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Mar 19, 2009

We brought consider being pressure on agencies to in fact move to space which cost the government less

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Mar 19, 2009

That termination doesn't bring us anything. We have it in there because we are the Federal Government.

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Mar 19, 2009

the agency needs to be protected here.

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Mar 19, 2009

The Subcommittee will hold the agency very responsible, if you do not take advantage of this market to renegotiate these rents or to extend these rents or to move.

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