Elijah Cummings actually said...

"I don't want to be number two. I don't want to be number three. We are better than that."

"I don't think I have talked to anybody, either here in Congress or in government, who thinks that it is fair that people cannot serve their local communities just because they are employed by State or..."

"I believe that all of you are honorable people simply trying to carry out a business in a very competitive world."

"I introduced the Modernization Act. The legislation implements two recommendations the Special Counsel made for immediate reform."