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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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Mar 5, 2019

Congressional oversight is the central theme to success, and congressional oversight has led to over $350 billion being saved over the last decade.

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Mar 5, 2019

I do think, if the next six months is when we are going to learn something, that we need perhaps in the next three months another hearing.

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Mar 5, 2019

The White House is not taking advantage of the opportunity to give us their perspective on these issues and any relevant information.

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Mar 5, 2019

The White House refusing to cooperate with GAO's request is an insult to this Congress.

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Mar 5, 2019

Your report says, and here I am quoting, that the 2020 census lacks a risk assessment and certain best scheduling practices.

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Mar 5, 2019

As of January 2019, the White House had not responded to our request for information.

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Mar 5, 2019

We contacted White House Counsel's Office in April 2017 and January 2018 to solicit information from the Executive Office of the President related to coordinating travel for the President and any costs associated with White House staff…

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Feb 26, 2019

I think she said that she was not calling you a racist.

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Feb 26, 2019

And so the President called you a rat. We're better than that. We really are.

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Feb 26, 2019

Did we stand on the sidelines and say nothing? Did we play games?

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Feb 26, 2019

I'm hoping that all of us can get back to this democracy that we want and that we should be passing on our children.

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Feb 26, 2019

Come on now. We can do more than one thing, and we have got to get back to normal.

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Feb 26, 2019

our President has made at least 8,718--8,718 false or misleading statements. That's stunning. That's not what we teach our children.

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Feb 26, 2019

the greatest gift that you and I, Mr. President, can give to our children, is making sure that we give them a democracy that is intact, a democracy better than the one that we came upon

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Feb 26, 2019

You've made it clear that you do not want the American people to hear what Mr. Cohen has to say.

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Feb 26, 2019

I want you to really hear this, Mr. Cohen. We will not tolerate lying to this Congress by anybody. We're in search of the truth.

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Feb 26, 2019

It appears the president may have committed a crime while in office.

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Feb 26, 2019

And the American people, by the way, voted for accountability in November. And they have a right to hear Mr. Cohen in public so they can make their own judgments.

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Feb 26, 2019

The American people can judge his credibility for themselves.

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Feb 19, 2019

According to House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, the president's former attorney and fixer will appear before his committee in public a week from today.

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Feb 11, 2019

I introduced the Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2019 to make the process of raising money to build presidential libraries more transparent. I thank Representative Mark Meadows for joining me in sponsoring this legislation…

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Feb 5, 2019

Voter suppression is the problem, the obstacle course that has been set up that makes it so difficult for people to register and get to the polls...

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Feb 5, 2019

So we have seen since 2010 a number of States move efforts to shut down opportunities for people to vote.

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Feb 5, 2019

You got to do all of these things together to reset the democracy in a place where it respects the average citizen out there...

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