Elijah Cummings actually said...

"Inspectors general serve a critical role by providing an independent check on the executive branch."

"The Oversight Committee is the primary investigative body in the House, and we rely tremendously on IGs in conducting our own oversight work."

"We cannot afford to allow that to happen. This is the United States of America, the exceptional nation."

"The Census Bureau is dangerously underfunded and has been for years, and unless we do something about it right now..."