Elijah Cummings actually said...

I think this could have been handled with a few phone calls rather than a hearing, but that is not my call to make.

Cummings suggests that the hearing was unnecessary and could have been resolved informally.

07/09/2012

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they also deserve direct and straightforward answers from their government about whether more could have been done to prevent his murder.

Do you think it would be prudent to give the Department an opportunity to warn us?

I do believe the Department must respond to the committee's subpoena.

I will remain silent on that one.