Elijah Cummings actually said...

"This democracy allows us to be the people that we are and to do the things that we do."

"I wish there were not a Republican and a Democratic party. I wish I was not a, quote, 'politician.'"

"We found no evidence that the conclusions by Department prosecutors were affected by bias or other improper considerations."

"Comey's unilateral announcement was inconsistent with Department policy and violated longstanding Department practice and protocol by, among other things, criticizing Clinton's uncharged conduct."