“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

I can't say enough about the need for GSA to act like it is in the real estate business.

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Mar 19, 2009

These are people who could pay. These are not people who are in distress.

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Mar 19, 2009

Would you please provide us that information within 30 days?

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Mar 19, 2009

We are trying to orient the GSA to think in a down market what the advantages are.

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Mar 19, 2009

If this agency ever does to us what it did to Prince George's, because when they did it to Prince George's, they did it to us, we are going to hold you in contempt because it was a contemptible act.

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Mar 19, 2009

There has been a longstanding complaint particularly in Prince George's County that Prince George's County has not enjoyed in this region a fair share of GSA lease opportunities.

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Mar 19, 2009

A specific number of jobs forecast, that is the whole point of the stimulus project.

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Mar 19, 2009

How could that be? How long has it been since we passed the stimulus bill?

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Mar 9, 2009

The EDA grant was very important, Mr. Chairman, because when a historic structure burns you just can't slap some bricks back up there.

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Mar 9, 2009

But the bill had at its major focus for the kinds of spending you concentrate on, which is public infrastructure, creating jobs.

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Mar 9, 2009

We are very pleased with this Agency. We know what it has done. We know why we continue to focus on infrastructure.

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Mar 9, 2009

I have a hard time fathoming how areas like this go through recessions except with horrible suffering--that is the only word I can use for it.

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