Elijah Cummings: “I am encouraged by marginal improvements like consumer confidence, but even this good sign is accompanied by a sobering…”

The American people demanded that their representatives in Washington fight for them and for what affects their lives on a day-to-day basis.

And I don't give a damn how you look at it; there are efforts to stop people from voting. That is not right. This is not Russia. This is the United States of America.

That year, Bayou La Batre did elect its first Asian-American city council member.

If we had a House and if we had a Senate that would pass legislation and we had a President that would sign it, this problem which is the subject of this hearing today could be fixed.