Elijah Cummings

I move, pursuant to House Rule XI, clause 2(k)(6), that the committee authorize subpoenas for documents from the five mortgage servicing companies that have not been responsive.

Professor Warren is on the side of these service members, these homeowners, and their families.

They did not necessarily have their day in court, and they have faced financial ruin.

Whose side are we on?

Do you all see a lot of waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicare system, and do you--you know, those are words that we hear over and over again, I mean every year.

If you got a senior who is 65 years old with no--who has diabetes and who has heart disease, I asked the question, who is going to insure them?

We have to treat this as if we are the most skilled heart surgeon performing the most delicate operation so that we do the treatment and give the reform that will allow Medicare to live as opposed to allow the patient to die.

It is vital that Congress ensure Medicare's long-term solvency.

Without Medicare they would be--many of them would be dead, period.

Seniors should not bear the burden of cost shifting disguised as reform.

I, along with my Democratic colleagues, am committed to ensuring the viability and sustainability of Medicare without deep ideological-driven cuts with harmful consequences.

That is criminal. Criminal.

You understand that we are concerned about people whose dreams are taken away and then they leave school with two bags, one with nothing in it and the other with debt marked all over it.

There is a description in the Bible, Jeremiah 15:9, that says, 'Her sun set while it was still day.'

You are not the person who we are most concerned about because you have done well.

Our committee has responsibility to determine whether taxpayer dollars are being spent effectively and efficiently, or are being abused.

I fully support the educational mission of for-profit schools.

Nearly every major civil rights group in the country, including the NAACP, La Raza, LCCR, MALDEF, and others have expressed serious concerns about this problem.

This hearing should not be about protecting jobs at for-profit schools. It should be about creating millions of jobs for American students

Our Nation's young adults deserve the best education they can get and scarce taxpayer dollars should be used to maximize their opportunities

We are dealing with this in the words of the President, with the urgency of now, because it is extremely urgent.

9/11 should be seared in all our memories and I know it is, but the terrorists were trying to send a message.

I applaud the President for his leadership on this issue and for creating a strong legislative framework to help Congress complete this important work.

It is critical that we understand the full range of threats confronting Metro, as well as any gaps that may exist in metro's defenses.

It is inexplicable to me that the House appropriation for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2012, which provided funding for transit security programs, was less than half of the administration's request.