Elijah Cummings actually said...

"none of this matters if, at the end of the day, it does not result in benefits to our constituents."

"A lot of people think the kids are just not bright. They don't have the money."

"At the end of the day, the greatest affirmative action program yet invented is a good, solid education."

"the retention rate is not what I would like for it to be, and one of the main reasons why it is not is because the kids don't have money."