Elijah Cummings

Thank you very much.

There is wide agreement that we should be conducting oversight of this issue to develop commonsense, concrete proposals in this area.

There are real concerns about the risks that this technology poses to our civil rights and liberties and our right to privacy.

The stark conclusion after our last hearing was that this technology is evolving extremely rapidly without any real safeguards.

It's impossible to dispute the rising costs of natural disasters and the fact that there are investments that can be made to build greater resilience across the country.

The President wants to present us with a false choice between legislating and investigating. Well we're not going to accept that deal.

If the President wants to hold good-paying jobs hostage, that's his choice, but it certainly isn't mine.

As a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I'm committed to working with anyone who is serious about making the sound, long-term investments that will boost our economy.

This has been--I have been here for now it is 23 years. It is one of the best hearings I have seen.

The ACLU released documents revealing that the Baltimore County Police Department... partnered with the private company Geofeedia to identify individuals protesting the shooting of Freddie Gray in May 2015.

I thank Ms. Guliani. I remember the ACLU when we first began to surveil people raise the issue of, you know, is this really constitutional?

We are a little late in saying, well, you really shouldn't be surveilling people when there is nowhere that we don't surveil people.

I must say I think we are already a little bit pregnant and I agree with the ranking member.

I think there is nothing more American than the freedom of expression and the freedom of association...

It seems like we have a defective system. It is defective, and it--and so when you say that you are not--that it has good purposes, it also can be extremely harmful.

Congress should follow these good examples and put in place a moratorium on law enforcement use.

We need to do more to safeguard the rights of free speech and assembly under the First Amendment, the right to privacy under the Fourth Amendment, and the right of equal protection under the law under the Fourteenth Amendment.

This issue is very personal for me. My district includes Baltimore, where I have lived now my entire life.

I want to make clear at the onset that this is a bipartisan issue.

And that is a problem. One of the things that I question, too, is John Lewis--Congressman Lewis and I--are mistaken for each other.

I think that we can get something done in a bipartisan way.

Your Department is at the tip of the spear when it comes to protecting our elections.

Although we may disagree on some things, we are never disagreeable.

I want to commend Chairman Connolly for today's hearing. He has always been one who has consistently been at the forefront of making sure that our Federal employees are protected.

I've told Ms. Weichert that one of the things that I've been always concerned about is people having career opportunities.