Elijah Cummings actually said...

"I don't want this moment to go by without acknowledging what you all have accomplished. It has been just short of extraordinary."

"Particularly in this economic climate, bureaucratic delays that may threaten a mariner's ability to work are completely unacceptable."

"We can take the resources that we have and, with proper planning, use them more effectively and efficiently."

"I guess that is a good step in the right direction of that effectiveness and efficiency that I talked about just a moment ago,"