Elijah Cummings actually said...

"I'm grateful to have a vote in this committee, and I thank you, Chairman Cummings, for agreeing to hold a hearing on this bill."

"The most powerful form of protest and engagement an American citizen has is the right to vote."

"You got to do all of these things together to reset the democracy in a place where it respects the average citizen out there..."

"People I represent pay the highest taxes per capita in the United States."