Elijah Cummings actually said...

"Today’s hearing falls on the 10-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Ten years ago today our Nation entered a war that has now cost the American taxpayers more than $2 trillion."

"the law that we created, we created this now, says that Federal agencies must make across-the-board cuts to everything, and Congress writes the laws."

"When you cut $85 billion out of a budget over a course of seven months, there are consequences. Duh."

"This bill would codify in law what the President has done administratively: it would establish a legal presumption under FOIA in favor of disclosure."