Elijah Cummings: “Mr. Speaker, as the driving force in the formation of the…”

On the recordDecember 4, 2000

Mr. Speaker, as the driving force in the formation of the Constitution, James Madison organized the Convention, set the agenda, and worked through obstacles that threatened the process. The notes he took throughout the Convention constitute this country's best and most complete record of the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Madison's notes, which comprised a third of the Federalist papers, were published in the 1830s. Accordingly, I urge the approval of this bill.

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Elijah Cummings

Democratic · Maryland

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Discussing the importance of James Madison's contributions to the Constitution.

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Elijah Cummings: “Mr. Speaker, as the driving force in the formation of the Constitution, James Madison organized the Convention, set the…”

Editor's note · Context