Elijah Cummings actually said...

"it has always puzzled me, you know we hear these comments that we should not raise taxes on the richest of the rich during a fragile economy"

"When the economy is only growing a point and a half, a lot of economists feel that this is not the right time to be finding fiscal restraint."

"I want to thank you for calling this hearing."

"It is a tremendous problem in our country."