Elijah Cummings actually said...

"I guess that is a good step in the right direction of that effectiveness and efficiency that I talked about just a moment ago,"

"That is very significant because basically what you are saying is in those urgent situations, first of all, you try to prevent them;"

"I want to, first of all, thank you for what you have been able to accomplish in a few months."

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