Elijah Cummings: “It is certainly my pleasure this evening to come here to the floor of the House to address on behalf of the…”

“It is certainly my pleasure this evening to come here to the floor of the House to address on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus two issues that are of paramount concern. Both of them go to the very essence of life and both of them address two populations within these United States who are so often quite vulnerable. Those issues go to addressing our Head Start program, which is one of the most effective programs in the world with regard to lifting up our children so that they can be all that God meant for them to be; and the other one goes to our seniors, with regard to their need for prescription drugs. Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that these generations, the generations that count on us the most, are being neglected, overlooked and underprotected by this Nation's policymakers.”