Elijah Cummings actually said...

"I have chosen hope."

"President Obama came into this situation having to put a patient in intensive care, not just in critical--not just critical care, but intensive care."

"President Obama came in with a patient--that is, our economic system--that was in deep trouble, and was in intensive care. He took that situation and turned it around."

"The Democratic-led Congress and President Obama have created--or saved nearly some 3.5 million jobs through the stimulus legislation."