Elijah Cummings actually said...

"One of the greatest threats to our national security is our failure to properly educate every single one of our children."

"I think we need to do both."

"When the economy is only growing a point and a half, a lot of economists feel that this is not the right time to be finding fiscal restraint."

"Why would you want to impose restraint on an economic recovery that is already fragile? You are removing spending power from the economy at a time when it needs it."