Elijah Cummings actually said...

"In March, I introduced H.R. 4152, the Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012 which is co-sponsored by every Democratic member of the Subcommittee."

"I introduced the Modernization Act. The legislation implements two recommendations the Special Counsel made for immediate reform."

"This would take the Federal Government out of the business of telling State and local government employees such as Mr. Greiner whether they can serve their country by running for elected office."

"I don't want to be number two. I don't want to be number three. We are better than that."