Elijah Cummings actually said...

"I would suggest that you take a look at his testimony; it is very good."

"I fully understand why we need to get to the bottom of any existing medical situation that could compromise safe transportation."

"But don't make it so he has to stop working, he can no longer do his job just because of an administrative situation."

"We have got to make it as easy as we possibly can. We have got to go by the rules, as far as mariners are concerned, to do the right things."