Eleanor Holmes Norton

You are here today because this committee called you here today.

I don't want the result of this committee hearing to be that we authorized you, in spite of what looks to be a change in the scope, to go forward without coming back to this committee.

But that doesn't mean that the authorizers ought to be ignored.

I don't think you were doing us any favor, Mr. Peck.

It is going to be very hard to get any money from the appropriators or anybody else in the Congress of the United States to do anything.

What I do object to is your having no discussions with Mr. Goldstein.

Believe me, you don't have any choice.

The Judicial Conference of the United States controls how taxpayer money is going to be spent for courthouses.

I just want to say that we have been following the prospectuses as you outline, and I associate myself with your comments.

I want to say on the record that this project is not an exception to the mandate of this committee regarding changes in the scope of a project.

You not only are doing that, and we never--this committee has never stood for inflexibility.

request to include letter from Hon. Jose F. Serrano, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York

I think that was fair.

It was for me to learn that we would be losing Jerry Costello, for many, many reasons.

The elephant is that we are sitting here as if this is going to happen.

I don't ever want to throw out the baby with the bath water.

A meaner Medicaid is not a sufficient solution.

I will work with you and other Members of this body to exercise, to carve out and get rid of all those individuals and those opportunities.

I thank the ranking member for yielding. I thank the chairman for coming forward with this bill. Enough of the outrage on both sides--if I may remind us all that that's precisely what the American people told us during recess they didn't…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, 2011 marks the 26th Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run to benefit the District of Columbia Special Olympics. The torch relay event is a traditional part of the opening ceremonies for…

I am pleased that his family is here: his mother, Amparo Contreras; his wife, Karen McSweeney; his two children, Brian Contreras and Claire Contreras.

Mr. Contreras is another of these remarkable American success stories of first-generation Americans who become Federal judges.

I believe his confirmation will be assured should this Committee determine to approve him.

First, Senator Durbin, I want to thank you once again for the invaluable assistance you have been to the District of Columbia over the years.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 14, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ``(decreased by $300,000)(increased by $300,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. The…