Elijah Cummings actually said...

"I keep thinking about these women in my district, many of whom are head of household, single mothers, and we all know the stories."

"Pay inequality doesn't just harm individual workers, it harms families and our nation's economy."

"President Obama came into this situation having to put a patient in intensive care, not just in critical--not just critical care, but intensive care."

"President Obama came in with a patient--that is, our economic system--that was in deep trouble, and was in intensive care. He took that situation and turned it around."