Eleanor Holmes Norton

I would like to apologize to the witnesses and to others who have come to this important hearing, and I just want to say for the record that I object to it being held in this annex.

But operations and maintenance represents 60 to 85 percent of the costs of a facility over its lifetime. Look what we're doing here today. We've saved the taxpayer money by investing in energy efficiency. Now we're going to save money for…

And rise to support H.R. 6278, the Kingman and Heritage Islands Act of 2010. This bill would permit the District of Columbia to use the Kingman and Heritage Islands for recreational, environmental, and educational purposes. I introduced…

I do want him to know that the Home Rule Act does delegate decisions precisely like this to the D.C. Government. I believe that the State government analogy is inapposite here. I don't think any Member of Congress believes that he or she…

Joint letter to President Barack Obama

Madam Speaker, ``To Kill a Mockingbird'' is one of the greatest works of 20th century American literature. The novel has sold over 30 million copies in its 50-year history and remains a staple in classrooms all over the country. For years…

Well, I appreciate that the gentleman is withdrawing his objection, and I appreciate that he understood. He knows me well. He is the ranking member of one of my committees. He knows that I do not engage in pointless, uncivil remarks…

If I had a dime for every trivial bill the minority has put on this floor, I could retire as a rich woman. This is not a trivial bill. This is the oldest racing course in the United States, a historic racing course that has been so…

This measure designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Orndorf Drive in Brighton, Michigan, as the Joyce Rogers Post Office Building. Joyce A. Rogers was born March 16, 1931, in Birmingham, Alabama, and…

I rise to support H.R. 5266 and ask for the support of the House. It is a bill to reauthorize the National Commission on Children and Disasters, sponsored by my colleague from Florida, Representative Corrine Brown. The National Commission…

I am pleased to introduce two exceptionally well qualified nominees for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The District of Columbia is the home of a plethora of highly qualified lawyers.

In closing, I would like to reiterate my strong support for S. 1510, as amended. The bill is PAYGO-neutral. It makes important improvements that will strengthen the Secret Service. It improves government efficiency and helps a handful of…

Senator Voinovich has rendered especially dedicated service to the District of Columbia.

Thank you for your long and dedicated work for us as you get to do not only this but a lot more for the District of Columbia.

We have been very fair in trying to keep this an even system on the air and on the ground. I understand that, in the other body, Mr. Warner and Mr. Webb are working still on this issue in conference. What has given them the best head…

I do want to say that this is a real jobs bill because it's an infrastructure bill at heart about updating our airline and airport infrastructure. But the bill is full of what the country yearns for and why it was so popular here and in…

I choose a golf course because I am in such great admiration of this golf course, which has served the people of the District of Columbia for now over 70 years and which was started even before I was born, when young women, apparently not…

Medgar Evers was not a student. He was not young and foolish the way the students were. He had a lot to risk, and he risked it all. He and a very few others stepped forward to do that first sit-in at a Woolworth's. He paid a price that…

We congratulate you both on your figures, notwithstanding the criticism.

The President has been speaking out about the failure of the banks to follow through with the job creation arm of our sector...

It is a largely white male industry. It is an industry that is that way not because of the old discrimination patterns of the past, but because government funding has not been there to assist the industry.

There will be criticism of Federal projects that are not preparing for the workforce of the future.

It is not acceptable to have Federal funds being used on a construction project today without doing some kind of apprenticeship development on that project.

The fact is that you don't build that much anymore.