Elijah Cummings actually said...

"But don't make it so he has to stop working, he can no longer do his job just because of an administrative situation."

"I fully understand why we need to get to the bottom of any existing medical situation that could compromise safe transportation."

"Tell me something, why is it that the time required by the Coast Guard to process an application appears to have lengthened?"

"We expect the Coast Guard to be able to look and see certain things coming."