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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.
And it is weighing us down. I am afraid we are not getting anywhere, but if we keep trying and if we keep following your leadership and the leadership of Mr. Shuster on that side of the aisle and of Mr. DeFazio on this side of the aisle…
I have to say, in listening to you, I simply can't figure it out, as your one-man show alone should have been enough to get this bill reauthorized. It is a very unusual way for one Member to take one issue and just not let it rest. Our…
I will say that the way in which you have persisted is really a model for how Members get things done in this House, so I have come down, first, to thank and honor you for what you have done.
I want to thank my good friend from California because it is you who have done a great service to the Nation's infrastructure and transportation by taking out this hour virtually every week. Sometimes it is a lonely hour, but I want you to…
We are getting a bad habit of patch funding in 6-month increments what traditionally has been a 6-year surface transportation bill. Virtually no major projects are underway in the Nation as a result. Six-month patch funding has produced…
This resolution represents tyranny on two levels: the tyranny the Framers most feared, by the Federal Government interfering with local government; and the tyranny Americans especially fear today, interference with the most private…
May I say how much I appreciate that the chairman of the subcommittee, Mr. Meadows, made every effort to try to find some accommodation with the District of Columbia. I certainly appreciated that so much. We were, unfortunately, unable to…
I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham), a member of our committee.
Once again, a pro-life organization can hire or fire anyone it wants to. If that person opposes the mission of the pro-life organization, the pro-life organization does not have to hire that person and may fire that person. Another matter…
May I point out that, far from not discriminating, I have named five women in five different States who have been discriminated against because of language precisely of the kind the District of Columbia bill needs to avoid. It is true that…
I want to make sure--I have seen no evidence that the Capitol is being closed, that those grounds are being closed, and I want assurance that that is not taking place.
I want to give you the same capability the same time that those who have tried to pierce our airspace have found they just can't do it.
We are asking you to do Star Wars-type thinking about who could fly like you fly a kite.
Thank you very much, Chairman Graves, for scheduling this hearing. This is an important hearing.
Chairman Issa called this bill entirely cosmetic-- conceded that this bill was cosmetic when it was introduced before. If you want to do something about taxes for the American people, stop cutting the IRS so that the IRS can start…
I think even Congress this year will look at those cuts and understand that they have contributed to the crisis.
It looks like we have implicated taxpayer funds, that some may have come out of official funds and some out of cartel funds.
I don't know how to describe what we've seen here: Boys going wild; out of sight, out of mind.
It does seem pretty clear that we may be dealing, to be sure, with a cultural problem but with a cultural problem that has--is so deep that it is now a problem of corruption.
I don't think that the Secret Service is a bunch of bums. I've got to look at what is happening to these men and women.
I think, Mr. Clancy, that you understand that the kind--the anger, the outrage that you hear really comes from this notion that you are a zero failure agency.
Of course, we see in our own criminal justice system how problematic these decisions are made.
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