Elijah Cummings actually said...

"They did not necessarily have their day in court, and they have faced financial ruin."

"Whose side are we on?"

"we have to treat this as if we are the most skilled heart surgeon performing the most delicate operation so that we do the treatment and give the reform that will allow Medicare to live as opposed to ..."

"do you all see a lot of waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicare system, and do you--you know, those are words that we hear over and over again, I mean every year."