Elijah Cummings actually said...

"This bill would codify in law what the President has done administratively: it would establish a legal presumption under FOIA in favor of disclosure."

"I am so adamant about defending public employees is because they tell me things like this, they want to feed their soul."

"when we look at people losing their jobs, and there are going to be some jobs lost; when we look at people taking furloughs, like the lady that I met the other day who is going to lose $800 a month, w..."

"We need to be acting with the urgency of now if we are going to make a difference."