Elijah Cummings actually said...

"But we also need to keep in mind, as Ms. Klobuchar has so eloquently stated, where we have come from."

"We can have all the opportunity, but if people cannot get the bonding to do the programs, they might as well not have the opportunities."

"our Country is embarrassingly far behind in the development of a modern high speed rail system."

"We have a phenomenal amount of respect. And I don't think there is one Member of this Committee that does not understand that we as a Congress can do better by the Coast Guard."