Elijah Cummings actually said...

"At some point, there is no one in this room who, if you had a house, you would repair it and maintain it."

"Government does have a role. Private business has a role."

"Their concern was that there were Members of Congress that were going around talking about not raising the debt ceiling."

"At some point, we have to say wait a minute, let us get off this merry go round and begin to create jobs for people."