On the recordMay 19, 2009
This is our watch. This is our watch. And if we fail to act, then I am convinced that lives will be lost.
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congress.govElijah Cummings: “This is our watch. This is our watch. And if we fail to act, then I am convinced that lives will be lost.”
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Cummings stresses the responsibility of current legislators to act decisively.
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