Elijah Cummings

It is not about self-serving; it is not about rehabilitating. It is about trying to get to the truth, period, the truth and nothing but the truth.

The arbitrary and shortsighted approach that governing by crisis is hurting the economy.

The impact on veterans is just one example of the toll the shutdown is taking on Americans.

Their approach puts the ideology of one political party ahead of the interests of our entire Nation.

Stop this madness right now. Let us bring a clean Senate bill to the House floor, and let us pass it.

That is why we are still in this government shutdown. That is why people say Speaker Boehner is holding our country hostage.

Speaker Boehner could end the shutdown this morning, like right now, by simply allowing the House of Representatives to vote on legislation to reopen the government.

What in the world are we doing here?

I represented a number of people, and they--when they got a notice of audit from the IRS or they got certain letters from the IRS, they base--would get very upset and very nervous.

I deeply regret the fact, going back to 'The Crucible,' that you are going to be pilloried here today.

I am trying to get to the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God.

I have seen a lot of things as a Member of Congress over my 17 years, but I have never seen a committee chairman tell the head of an agency that he could not be present during a public hearing with one of his own employees.

Yet Republicans seem willing to jeopardize the full faith and credit of the United States of America unless we eliminate the Affordable Care Act.

Even worse, our country is rapidly approaching the debt-ceiling deadline of October 17th.

Instead, he is allowing a small group of Republican extremists to pursue their ideological crusade to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Speaker Boehner has refused to allow the House to vote on a clean continuing resolution that would end the shutdown.

Today, our Nation is entering its ninth day--the ninth day of House Speaker John Boehner's government shutdown.

October 1st was a historic day for our country, not because Speaker Boehner shut down the government but because it was the first day millions of Americans could sign up for health care.

You err on the side of opening up government.

If they had such a problem with it they probably -- they could have challenged it, I guess, in the Supreme Court on that basis.

I did not come to the Congress to throw Mr. Labrador's constituents under the bus, and I'm not throwing mine under the bus.

I guarantee you. I bet everything I've got, except my wife and kids, that if you put this order forward with a clean, a clean CR it would pass.

Negotiate over what? See, that's the question.

You've got to -- let's keep our government open, number one, and let's pay our debts.

We're supposed to keep the government open and we're supposed to pay our debts.