Elijah Cummings

Do you stand by the FBI's recommendation not to prosecute Hillary Clinton?

Sitting here today, do you stand by the FBI's recommendation to prosecute General Petraeus?

So the question is, do you agree with the claim that General Petraeus, and I quote, "got in trouble for far less," end of quote?

Here's what the Department filing said about General Petraeus, and I quote: "The acts taken by defendant David Howell Petraeus were in all respects knowing and deliberate and were not committed by mistake, accident, or other innocent…

If she isn't indicted, the only reason is because the Democrats are protecting her. She is being protected 100 percent, because you look at David--General Petraeus, you look at all the other people that did a fraction of what she did, but…

As late as yesterday, with the problem in Minnesota with an African American man being killed, I would like to have some hearings still on the criminal justice system.

That is not why our chairman called this emergency hearing 48 hours after you made your recommendation.

This committee ignored that breach of national security because it did not match the political goals of the House Republicans.

They have turned political investigations into an art form.

When they hear a political siren, they rush toward it over and over again, even if the evidence is not there.

I firmly believe that your decision was not based on convenience but on conviction.

Amazingly--amazingly--some Republicans who were praising you just days ago for your independence, for your integrity, and your honesty instantly turned against you because your recommendation conflicted with the predetermined outcome they…

Secretary Clinton has acknowledged that she made a mistake in using a personal email account, and you explained on Tuesday that she and her colleagues at the State Department were extremely careless with their emails.

Director Comey, thank you for being here today. I want to begin by commending you and the public servants at the FBI for the independent investigation you conducted.

Well, we are going to follow up on this.

All I can say is we can do better, Mr. Kane and all of us. I mean, we can do better.

These developments could in turn shrink the supply of stolen firearms to the secondary black market, curtailing a dangerous source of weapons for criminals.

I support the President's efforts to explore gun safety technology or smart guns that would require fingerprint verification.

We can--yes, we can and we must make commonsense improvements on a bipartisan basis, and it is our solemn duty to act now to prevent the further loss of life of our own citizens.

The American people want us to move beyond false choice of no guns at all or the Wild West of firearms on demand.

The bottom line is that we do not want any suspected terrorists to get a gun, we do not want any felon to get a gun, and we do not want any trafficking organization to get guns.

Our bill, like so many other commonsense proposals, has been gathering dust because Republican leaders refuse to allow a vote.

Since that time many people have died, shot down with a gun.

That is why Congresswoman Maloney and I introduced the Gun Trafficking Prevention Act.

We here in Congress should also be able to agree that no convicted felon should have guns.