Elijah Cummings actually said...

I would like to caution us in referring to when President Jefferson sent our Navy over to battle the Barbary pirates, because in order to get out of that situation, we, first off, had someone to negotiate with...

05/19/2009

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"The greatest threat to our national security would be our failure to properly educate every single one of our children."
"We are better than this. We are so, so, so much better."
"I do not feel the sense of urgency. That is right, I said I do not feel a sense of urgency."
"If you cannot do the job, you need to let somebody else get in there and do it."

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