Elijah Cummings actually said...

"The problem with the Republican theory is that Mr. Perez did nothing wrong."

"I hope today's hearing could be a substantive evaluation of the Department's loan program, but I am concerned that the Republicans continue to make the false and irresponsible claims that this program..."

"Although I appreciate SIGTARP's work, today's hearing would have been more helpful to the committee members if we could have heard from additional witnesses."

"It is very frustrating for my constituents, about a year or so ago we had a forum in my district with the Federal Reserve for small business people."