Elijah Cummings actually said...

"If you are not counted, you are not represented."

"ensuring a fair, accurate, and nonpartisan census would be a top priority"

"I really do think that we are in a moral situation. People are striving to live. They are trying to breathe the air of our country. They are trying to be better. They are trying to be healthy."

"This is a crisis that Washington has to wake up to."