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Elijah Cummings: “I guarantee you, you ask your staff, those people sitting right behind you, them, those, they will tell you, it is not…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2013
I guarantee you, you ask your staff, those people sitting right behind you, them, those, they will tell you, it is not the money.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cummings emphasizes that public service motivates employees more than financial incentives.

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