On the recordJuly 11, 2019
I can't sit here as a Member of Congress and hear about somebody possibly dying and not do what I can to save them, and I think we all feel the same way, on both sides of the aisle.
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congress.govElijah Cummings: “I can't sit here as a Member of Congress and hear about somebody possibly dying and not do what I can to save them, and…”
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Cummings emphasizes the responsibility of Congress to act to prevent deaths in custody.
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