Elijah Cummings actually said...

"we have got employees who have taken a 5 percent to 10 percent cut. And we have got Federal employees who their wages have been frozen"

"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."

"it has always puzzled me, you know we hear these comments that we should not raise taxes on the richest of the rich during a fragile economy"

"I thank Chairman Casey for holding today's hearing to examine the most recent data on the employment situation across America."