Words matter. These are the best Elijah Cummings Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Our country is slowly but surely moving – and I’ve seen it over and over again in many instances in government – toward a culture of mediocrity.
The question is always whether all of Baltimore will rise together or whether we will leave some behind.
I’m going to do what feeds my soul.
Our decisions about transportation determine much more than where roads or bridges or tunnels or rail lines will be built. They determine the connections and barriers that people will encounter in their daily lives – and thus how hard or easy it will be for people to get where they need and want to go.
I was in special ed, but I felt like I was a caged bird. I felt like I could do better. I made sure I mastered my special ed lessons. I made sure I listened to my teacher. I made sure I did my homework, but I had to do a little extra.
Every time something bad happens to me, I don’t ask the question, ‘Why did it happen to me?’ The question I ask is, ‘Why did it happen for me?’
The long-standing, non-partisan and publicly-declared foreign policy commitment of the United States is clear. We will do whatever is required to prevent Iran from possessing nuclear weapons. Our nation has not ruled out any option that may be required to achieve this objective, including the use of military force.
When I became a lawyer, no one asked me if I had spent some time in special ed. All they wanted was a good lawyer.
Most people who are hating on you, they are not worried about where you are. They’re worried about where you’re going.
My mom and dad, although they may not have had a lot of formal education, they were two of the most brilliant people that I know.
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.
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.
African-American women account for 67 percent of all newly diagnosed female AIDS cases.
I don’t like the idea of people following me around.
Price gouging for drugs that treat cancer in children is simply unconscionable.
Voting is crucial, and I don’t give a damn how you look at it: there are efforts to stop people from voting. That’s not right. This is not Russia. This is the United States of America.
You have to understand – I come from a neighborhood where ‘The Wire’ was filmed.
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.
There are two Baltimores. There are clearly two Baltimores.
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.
