Elijah Cummings actually said...

"This is an American issue that affects your sisters, your brothers, your sons, and your daughters."

"We can no longer allow drug companies to keep ripping off taxpayers for life-saving medications."

"So, yes, I believe it was unconscionable that our nation ignored this issue for decades, but now Republicans and Democrats are starting to work together."

"Let me tell you why Federal funding is so important. In my home town of Baltimore, I witnessed with my own eyes, in my own neighborhood, the destruction drug addiction inflicts on our communities."