Elijah Cummings actually said...

Stop this madness right now. Let us bring a clean Senate bill to the House floor, and let us pass it.

That is why we are still in this government shutdown. That is why people say Speaker Boehner is holding our country hostage.

The arbitrary and shortsighted approach that governing by crisis is hurting the economy.

The impact on veterans is just one example of the toll the shutdown is taking on Americans.