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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.
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in support of the amendment. The underlying amendment in the nature of a substitute would raise from the current $150 million to $300 million the amount of financial responsibility that offshore…
President Obama came into this situation having to put a patient in intensive care, not just in critical--not just critical care, but intensive care.
President Obama came in with a patient--that is, our economic system--that was in deep trouble, and was in intensive care. He took that situation and turned it around.
The Democratic-led Congress and President Obama have created--or saved nearly some 3.5 million jobs through the stimulus legislation.
To build upon this success, the House on June 16th passed two vital pieces of legislation to create hundreds of thousands of jobs on Main Street.
So the urgency is now. We've got to act on this now. I'm hoping that that will happen. We have done our part. Then we've got to wait for our brothers and sisters on the other side to do theirs. Again, we just cannot continue to wait.
Again, you make the case for why we have to have reform. We have to have reform and act with the urgency of now, because every moment that goes by, I'm afraid there's going to be another Goldman Sachs deal. By the way, others are watching…
No, I really don't. Goldman, they said our slogan is: Our customers always come first.
At the end of the day, the greatest affirmative action program yet invented is a good, solid education.
A lot of people think the kids are just not bright. They don't have the money.
None of this matters if, at the end of the day, it does not result in benefits to our constituents.
So many have lost jobs in this recession, and as CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf told this committee, a large number of those jobs are not coming back.
The retention rate is not what I would like for it to be, and one of the main reasons why it is not is because the kids don't have money.
I commend them on so many things that they have done so well. On that note, when we look back at Katrina and at all of the agencies which operated during Katrina, there is absolutely no question that the United States Coast Guard was the…
I just wanted to close here and just say that I agree with the gentlelady with regard to tall ships. Being from the port city of Baltimore, we've had the opportunity to see the tall ships and to see what sailing has done for our country. I…
There's money that's flowed through the CDFIs, which has helped community development.
We have an empathy deficit. He's been saying this long before he became President.
I just refuse to believe that we cannot help these Americans who go out there every day, do the right thing.
That's not the spirit of this country. That's not the country that I grew up in.
I had one of the most interesting experiences about three weeks ago in Baltimore in my District where we hired 50 police officers who would not have been hired, who would not have been hired, if it were not for the Stimulus.
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