Elijah Cummings: “Protecting the poor should not be a partisan issue.”

I really do think that we are in a moral situation. People are striving to live, trying to breathe the air of our country, trying to be better, trying to be healthy.

Earlier this year, thanks to this committee's efforts, the House passed the Inspector General Access Act, co-sponsored by Chairman Cummings, Congressman Richmond, Congressman Hice, and Congressman Lynch, and hopefully, that will be given…

That year, Bayou La Batre did elect its first Asian-American city council member.

The American people demanded that their representatives in Washington fight for them and for what affects their lives on a day-to-day basis.