Elijah Cummings

I mean, just really, really upset. And so all I'm saying to you is that I think all the gentleman is saying, is he's got documents that you've already entered into the record that are unclassified, want to look at those.

I accept President Trump as my President. I'm looking forward to meeting with him next week.

We cannot just turn a blind eye to when we have 17 intelligence agencies who unanimously agree that there has been hacking with regard to our elections.

I think that we can look at certain things.

This has been an attack on our democracy, Mr. Chairman.

It is extremely concerning that General Flynn chose to accept payment for appearing at an event hosted by the propaganda arm of the Russian Government.

This report concluded with high confidence that the goal was to, quote, 'undermine public faith in the United States' democratic process,' end of quote.

I was joined by the ranking members of the committees on Armed Services, Judiciary, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence.

I want to bring everything crashing down and destroy all of today's establishment.

I ask this committee to seek and obtain all emails and other communications in the possessions of anyone at HHS relating to this directive, its drafting, circulation, and subsequent clarification, as well as any communications about…

The Trump administration is trying to prohibit Federal employees from speaking to Members of Congress.

We're at the bridge.

The Director told members of this committee, including the chairman, that this threat made him feel and his department feel--he said 'it was chilling.'

We want to make sure that every single inspector general has been told, in no uncertain terms, that their jobs are safe.

What we are witnessing, ladies and gentlemen, simply is not normal. This is not normal, and we must never let it become normal.

I would feel comfortable with our inspectors general. And I want to thank you, I echo the words of the chairman.

Health care in the great country called the United States should not be a privilege but a right.

If this is any indication of the future of TrumpCare, we will need the IGs to remain vigilant in the oversight.

Most importantly, this bipartisan and independent commission will make recommendations to try to prevent any foreign power from interfering in our elections again. I sincerely hope Republicans, including the President-elect, who, for the…

He wants diversity to be known as our promise and not our problem.

I think one of the major will always standout will be Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act. A lot people -- I know it may have been beaten up by many, but the fact is, is that there are so many lives that have been saved and so many lives…

This is a fight for the soul of our democracy.

I believe that we in Congress should exercise our authority to improve the classification system and make government information more transparent.

We now have the opportunity to work together to address the flaws in our classification system.

Government transparency is a bipartisan issue.