Elijah Cummings actually said...

"I tell the story about when we voted for the Affordable Care Act I got to the Floor of the House four hours early. I sat on the front row and I had only one prayer. I said, God, don't let me die befor..."

"This week House Republicans are threatening to shut down, shut down the entire Government unless the Affordable Act is completely de-funded."

"The President gave them that leeway. A lot of the problem that we have in the law is because of things that happened when we were trying to pass it."

"There is a systematic effort by some Republican officials to obstruct implementation of the Affordable Care Act."