Elijah Cummings Quotes (30 Quotes)

Fueling momentum for the legislation has been a feeling that Palmeiro's suspension was an affront to Congress. Appearing before a House committee in March, the Orioles slugger swore under oath he had never used steroids. He got the confidence of all of us, ... We thought he was a stand-up guy.

It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.

We conveyed to the president the urgent need for the United States to actively insert itself in the crisis and for the president to personally become engaged in what may become a human catastrophe in our own hemisphere,

More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people.

You've got a number of members of Congress that are a bit frustrated, ... And I'd venture to guess it's probably on both sides. When you hear things like that, it is frustrating.

Many of these Americans who are struggling to survive are Americans of color, ... Their cries for assistance confront America with a test of our moral compass as a nation.

Men, women and children, our fellow countrymen have now gone days - days - without food and far too long without clean water and medical attention. They are surrounded by flood waters littered with dead bodies and human feces. To the president of the United States, I simply say that God cannot be pleased with our response.

You're saying to the people of the United States that you all made no mistakes. I've got to go back to my district and explain to them why we've got a federal agency that, to me, made some mistakes and won't admit it.

African-American women account for 67 percent of all newly diagnosed female AIDS cases.

We believe 300 to 400 troops going in there, along with our allies, could bring about the peace. There is controversy about whether Mr. Aristide should stay or go, but the fact is you are not even going to be able to do a new and peaceful election unless we bring some type of order.

We cannot allow it to be said by history that the difference between those who lived and those who died in this great storm and flood of 2005 was nothing more than poverty, age or skin color.

By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and we help safeguard our Nation's prosperity for generations yet unborn.

The Congressional Black Caucus is deeply disappointed that the president's actions this week with respect to judicial nominations fail to live up to those healing words,

In the same vein as these events, National Minority Health Month also serves as a reminder of how much work needs to be done to eliminate health and healthcare inequities.

The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma.

We cannot win this race by doing the same things we've been doing, ... I thank Howard Dean for making my little girl's dream -- and my dream -- his dream.

I heard him say that. I remember that a number of people got kind of upset and kind of just drifted off, out.

The picture was being painted that things were not as bad as they appeared to be

Since 1987, the month of March has been designated to give special prominence to the women who have made lasting contributions to our society.

If I'm a regular citizen and I'm looking at this and I've got the top flight people in the drug war and they're talking about they don't know how many planes have been shot down and forced down, I'd be a little concerned about what's going on.

I'm very concerned and very upset that anybody who would issue such a statement would be in the leadership of this nation or the Senate, ... We are still trying to resolve exactly what action we will take, but guarantee, action will be taken.

Normally, my first impression would have been this is not good. But I've come around.

From my own life experience, I can attest that we have come a long way toward universal justice in this country, but we are not there yet.

though many may disagree with the war, ... Toccara was pursing her dream.

Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done.

They are not refugees. I hate that word.

Typically diagnosed during childhood and adolescent years, juvenile diabetes, also referred to as Type I diabetes, currently affects more than 3 million Americans and more then 13,000 children are diagnosed each year.

At the present time, our nation physically inspects only 5 of the nearly 11 million containers that come into our nation each year.

I had expected an expression of regret or apology from Congressman Watt in the subsequent days after he had cooled down,

He made it clear he's going to stay in the race. It became abundantly clear to us that this is about Ralph Nader, and we were sorely disappointed.