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Elijah Cummings: “President Obama came in with a patient--that is, our economic system--that was in deep trouble, and was in intensive…”

On the recordJuly 1, 2010
President Obama came in with a patient--that is, our economic system--that was in deep trouble, and was in intensive care. He took that situation and turned it around.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings credits Obama for improving the struggling economy.

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