Elijah Cummings

I want to hear you say we have resolved the backlog.

I really do appreciate all the testimony that's been offered to this committee.

First, principle is at stake. Equality, fair mindedness, and respect for diversity are at the heart of America's identity.

Somehow we, as a country, have allowed the term 'equality,' which is an absolute term, to be redefined to mean more rights for some individuals and fewer for others.

LGBT Americans are not demanding so-called special rights, as some claim, through this or any other bill.

I would again like to thank the gentlelady from Wisconsin, Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, and the 100-plus cosponsors of H.R. 2517 for their work, their diligence, and their commitment to correcting a longstanding injustice which has…

The magic of federalism is that if one level of government falls asleep at the wheel or has too much to drink at the party, another can drive everybody home safely.

The city's contention is that the discriminatory lending practices pursued by Wells Fargo promoted high-cost loan instruments which led to foreclosures far in excess of what the rate of foreclosure might otherwise have been.

Thank you for holding this critical hearing to examine the targeted predatory lending practices that have ravaged our communities and our economy.

Congress should promptly eliminate federal preemption of the application of the state consumer protection laws to national banks.

We've got a spare parts problem. We're cannibalizing planes that some say cost $64 million, others say more.

This is a continuation of this defense of mediocrity, and it bothers me tremendously.

We had asked the Marine Corps to compile a list of incidents and mishaps involving the MV-22 since the aircraft was approved for full rate reduction in 2005.

A lot of times this is based on politics.

We must make sure that whatever equipment we buy, that it is the equipment that they need to carry out their mission.

Whatever we buy for the military, it must do no harm to them.

We must get what we bargain for, period.

There appears to be a design problem with the V-22.

I want to thank you for doing that. But now we have got to have results.

This Country cannot be all that it is supposed to be if we are caught up in a culture of mediocrity; it just can't.

Okay. All right, August 1st.

Why don't we just make a date, say September 1st?

If this was my office and I had the goals to have a diverse workforce, she wouldn't be there.

In other words, why we are going down. We are going backwards. In other words, the numbers are coming down.

One of the things that is very important, too, is mentoring.