Elijah Cummings

Elijah Cummings predicts that pretty soon Congress is going to have to figure out where it went because there's another $350 billion in the pipeline.

There is nothing that upsets me more than a bank that comes to the Congress begging for money, and then once they get the money, turn around and say, na, na, na, see you later. I'm not going to tell you anything.

When I think about banks and the way that -- if you bounce a check, they're going to charge you $35 or $50 for a bounced check. And they're going to demand strict accountability. But when they get billions, they don't want to be…

They point is that these people are fortunate to have a job.

They hear about the bailouts of Wall Street. They hear that their tax dollars are being paid to AIG and these people going on these junkets and all that. They hear all of that. But they feel like it's ring around the rosy. They hear a lot…

They were getting their manicures, their facials, their pedicures and their massages.

Do you regret spending $10 billion in Lehman's cash reserves on bonuses, stock dividends and stock buy-backs, as your firm faced liquidity crisis?

What they're saying to me is Congressman, every day when I go to my portfolio, I'm seeing, that for my pension or whatever, I'm seeing that my money is leaving.

I heartily support the amendment of Mr. Stupak. The amount of land being conveyed here under this amendment is only 5.5 acres, and I believe it is appropriate that once the Coast Guard leaves this site, the land and the lighthouse be made…

I support this amendment, also. Under section 7-105 of title 46, United States Code, the Department of Homeland Security is required to issue a biometric credential to individuals who are authorized to have unescorted access to secure…

This amendment merely, simply stated, makes sense. It amends section 708 to require the creation of a program that will enable the Coast Guard to test the use of biometrics technology to identify individuals intercepted by the service. I…

I will never forget when we opened one of them. The area had been drug infested, a highrise, and when we opened it up, literally a lot of residents came back and they were crying because they were going to move in. There were others who…

I have often said that our children are the living messages we send to a future we will never see. I think if we are going to send a powerful message, our children must be educated and they must be educated in the best facilities. They…

Mr. Speaker, the Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act truly is a step towards correcting and honoring our non-citizen servicemembers, many of whom continue to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is appropriate, therefore, that we…

After providing a thorough overview of the challenges facing our nation's emergency care system, the time for action is long overdue.

I was very pleased and very moved by the statement of the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moran), and it reminds me that this country, our influence in the world is largely based on our moral authority, and that moral authority is one that says…

I strongly, by the way, support this amendment. Ms. Jackson-Lee talked about a recent Washington Post article from February 10 describing how girls are trying alcohol and drugs at a higher rate than boys, and then she went on to talk about…

No. As as matter of fact, I support the amendment, Mr. Chairman. The Acting CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the gentleman from Maryland may control 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I rise tonight to announce the fact that I introduce tonight the Dawson Community Family Protection Act of 2005. In my district in Baltimore, unfortunately, about 2 years ago we had a family of seven incinerated in the middle of the night…

I cannot figure out anything that could be more important than making sure that every single person in your district and in my district have that right to vote and have that vote counted.

I think a Thursday, May 27, article by Jonathan Wiseman of the Washington Post, I just want to quote part of it... The National Institutes of Health spending would be cut 2.1 percent in 2006 to $28 billion after a $764 million increase for…

I tell you, when I think about any person, sometimes I think that we need to pause and try to put ourselves in the position of people who may be suffering through something, and I think if we imagine our son or imagine our father or…

Finally, let me just say this: I cannot help but be moved by your words with regard to Senator Kerry. And I understand you were with him yesterday. It pains me tremendously, as I said a little earlier, that our military can go and fight…

One of the things, and I have said it many, many times, I think the greatest threat to our national security is our failure to properly educate our children. And if the money is not there for teachers, not there for the janitors so they…

Certainly the issue is accountability. We simply want accountability. We are asked to appropriate large sums of money, but the question is, where does the money go?