Elijah Cummings actually said...

I had hope that our hearing would not be whether we had a problem--we have one--but how we would go about solving it.

Cummings emphasizes the need to address the existing problem rather than debating its existence.

04/08/2019

More Elijah Cummings Quotes

I would suggest that you take a look at his testimony; it is very good.

I fully understand why we need to get to the bottom of any existing medical situation that could compromise safe transportation.

But don't make it so he has to stop working, he can no longer do his job just because of an administrative situation.

We have got to make it as easy as we possibly can. We have got to go by the rules, as far as mariners are concerned, to do the right things.