Elijah Cummings actually said...

"While the overall unemployment rate has dropped to 7.6 percent as of March, the same is not true for the African American unemployment rate which hovers at 13.5 percent."

"Although I appreciate SIGTARP's work, today's hearing would have been more helpful to the committee members if we could have heard from additional witnesses."

"We have to make sure that the people that we represent are getting the best service possible. Their health, their safety, their welfare is number one."

"If we can't do this, we might as well go home."