Elijah Cummings actually said...

"the American people need coverage."

"there was very little transparency. There was a lot of distrust. There was a sense of, you know, in favor and out of favor employees"

"so many things were governed by self-direction at TSA. It bred misbehavior"

"the lack of protections for employees gave people the opportunity to do things that were typically not against the rules because the rules were so flexible but very questionable when you looked at it ..."