Elijah Cummings actually said...

"I wanted to thank you for calling today's hearing to enable us to assess the nature of the systemic risk posed by large financial institutions."

"I'm saddened, though not surprised, by the latest job loss numbers."

"But yet and still, people are not getting those opportunities."

"I think that if we are going to have a color-blind society, then we should have a color-blind society that goes to the point of eliminating this wall that blocks so many people from opportunity."