Elijah Cummings actually said...

God knows. I have, in my district, probably a 35 percent African-American male unemployment rate, black. I want to create jobs.

I think the President, in fairness to him, heard our colleagues and tried to create a balanced approach.

In my opinion, it is time to work together and take action on proposals we should all be able to support.

I think every member of our committee would agree that creating jobs should be our committee's number one priority.