Eleanor Holmes Norton

Our purpose in issuing the interim report was to alert GSA to potential waste and abuse

I couldn't imagine why this wouldn't have passed; it would help the private sector, it would help the Postal Service.

The larger the pool, the less the cost of health care.

Never in the history of the Federal Government has a Federal agency downsized, saved billions of dollars without a single layoff.

Isn't that amazing, that so close to the Mall you will not find more valuable property in the District of Columbia than this property?

Where is the plan for development, not just of the Cotton Annex, but for development of this extraordinary parcel of land?

It is inconceivable that any private owner would have left this land vacant for decades.

We are very concerned, but I have to be candid, that in light of the difficulty we are having in getting a bill through here...

I believe we have to come to grips with why this country continues.

I was astonished to learn that we have only about 2 percent of the world's known oil supplies, and yet consume 20 percent of the oil supply.

I thank the gentlelady for yielding and for leading this Special Order for our good friend and colleague, Donald Payne.

He came to Congress as the first African American to serve in Congress from the State of New Jersey.

Don was a friend. He was more than a colleague.

I thank the chairman again for the haste with which he was able to get this bill heard today. I have no further speakers, and I am pleased to yield back the remainder of my time.

I certainly do not want to undermine the confidence of the American people in their water supply.

I think the people who are going to buy this, first and foremost, are people who have children under 18.

I drink the water even though I do not know if there are antibiotics in it.

I do not think we should undermine confidence in our water supply.

It is certainly true that the surface transportation bill which had to be pulled even though people do express real interest in roads and transit, it had to be pulled here and hopefully will come back.

Let me put it this way. We have at least 33 States at last count who were in the same position that the District of Columbia that I represent is in.

You would think Congress would be all over that as much as we want to save funds.

But essentially, Mr. Dodaro, this is a management responsibility.

If you believe the Government does a great deal of good, as I think the American people really do, you want it managed very well, and every time something comes out, it is being poorly managed.

I would like to take a stab at building on the violent agreement among you to see if we can model it for this committee.

Ever since the Taft-Hartley law, there have been a plethora of laws to protect the right not to join a union.