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Elijah Cummings

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Elijah E. Cummings was a prominent American politician and civil rights advocate who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland's 7th congressional district from 1996 until his death in 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Cummings was known for his commitment to social justice and his efforts to address issues such as healthcare, education, and civil rights. Throughout his tenure, he was a vocal advocate for the rights of marginalized communities and worked to ensure equitable access to resources and opportunities.

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May 15, 2019

For $333 a month, a 22-year-old college graduate died.

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May 15, 2019

HIV prevention should not be a profit-driven enterprise.

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May 15, 2019

I can't resist asking you a question, Mr. O'Day. Instead of the donations you are offering, even some of the reductions, why not simply lower the price of PrEP?

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May 15, 2019

We do know that HIV is increasing because young gays, particularly in my district, are feeling immortal now.

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May 15, 2019

I want to recognize the efforts of our distinguished colleague, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez.

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May 15, 2019

I have heard a lot of talk here this morning about how people are beaten up--it is not about beating up. It is about being thankful that we have a medication that can do just about everything but finally cure it, AIDS, and wanting it to…

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May 14, 2019

I am glad that Mr. Howley has agreed to appear today and to cooperate with our investigation, but we are going to have some difficult questions for him on behalf of the American taxpayer.

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May 8, 2019

Chairman Cummings was instrumental in getting an awareness to Maryland so every county in Maryland now provides real-time data not only to law enforcement about where overdoses are occurring...

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May 1, 2019

I know that Representative Joyce Beatty would join me today in what I am about to say. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a great American and a distinguished man of God, the Reverend Dr. Charles E. Booth. Dr. Booth transitioned from this…

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Apr 30, 2019

H.R. 1 would take significant amounts of the decisionmaking of how we apply and how we exercise our voting from the state and move it to the Federal level.

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Apr 30, 2019

Despite this constitutional authority, the majority wishes to exert more Federal bureaucracy over each state's authority over local elections.

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Apr 30, 2019

I think that the Chief Justice was correct in the ruling in Shelby, and I think that it is correct that the Voting Rights Act preclearance requirement that that case addressed, being based wrongly on at that time 40-plus-year-old data…

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Apr 29, 2019

So, I'm asking do you have any sense of how much integrating Postal Service employees into Medicare would increase the costs of the Medicare system itself, or would somehow burden the Medicare system itself?

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Apr 29, 2019

If it was such a best practice, then obviously we'd make everybody do it.

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Apr 29, 2019

The Postal Service is one of our most essential and recognizable institutions.

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Apr 29, 2019

This should not be a partisan issue, would you agree?

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Apr 29, 2019

The Postal Service has made several changes to meet these challenges.

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Apr 29, 2019

I want to compliment the unions, because every time I--every time we try to work with the Post Office...

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Apr 29, 2019

The Postal Service matters to the American public and the American economy.

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Apr 29, 2019

Unfortunately, the Postal Service's financial condition has been deteriorating over the past decade.

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Apr 29, 2019

I certainly appreciate this hearing, because this Postal Service is an issue we work on every Congress, and don't seem to move very far.

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Apr 8, 2019

I had hope that our hearing would not be whether we had a problem--we have one--but how we would go about solving it.

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Apr 8, 2019

I just want to correct the record. I have been here for every minute of every hearing, and she probably has the best attendance of any member.

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Apr 8, 2019

Congress as an institution has failed the American people by failing to do something about what I regard as the most important issue for our country and for the world today.

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