"The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings, a Member of Congress from the State of Maryland, Opening Statement."
"This is one of those moments. I give the Chairman credit; he has brought all of this to light."
"You can't have motion, commotion, and emotion, and no results."
"Any death or injury is one too many. And, therefore, I look forward to learning today what more can be done to reduce these numbers."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I will be brief."
"the Majority is continuing its senseless attack--and I do consider it an attack--on Amtrak."
"This claim, of course, is unfounded, and seems particularly bizarre, given that Amtrak is engaged by contract with only a few of the more than 25 commuter rail systems in operation in the United State..."
"Let me be clear that I agree with Ms. Brown and with my other colleagues on this side of the aisle."
"I have said it to my constituents and I have said it to my family, the 30 years that I have been in public life there is nothing that I have done, no vote that I have cast, that I am more proud of tha..."
"I really want to see this law implemented to its fullest degree, because I know that right now, right this second, there are people watching us."
"As one who rose up from poverty to the Congress of the United States of America, I know that this Country, we can do anything we try hard enough to do."