Elijah Cummings actually said...

"It does matter, because there are thousands upon thousands upon thousands of them, and the number grows every single day."

"African Americans are incarcerated nearly six times the rate of whites."

"I have seen them as a Congressman representing a district where finding balance between law and order and crime and punishment is a profound concern to my constituents."

"It would be, I think, legislative malpractice if we did not do what was appropriate, assuming that we know what to do."