Elijah Cummings
Elijah Cummings
Elijah Eugene Cummingsis the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 7th congressional district, serving since 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes just over half of Baltimore City, most of the majority-black precincts of Baltimore County, as well as most of Howard County. He previously served in the Maryland House of Delegates...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 January 1951
CountryUnited States of America
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It seems as if there are some police who believe that it is their job to not only arrest, but to convict and punish severely, unreasonably and unjustly at the scene of arrest defendants and suspects.
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At the present time, our nation physically inspects only 5% of the nearly 11 million containers that come into our nation each year.
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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.
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I had expected an expression of regret or apology from Congressman Watt in the subsequent days after he had cooled down,
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I don't want anybody to be confused that the issue of police and community is one part of a broader set of issues, our children need to be properly educated. They need to be trained so that they can get jobs and be functional.
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Today House Republicans are doing what they always do - using taxpayers' money to continue investigating claims that have already been debunked just to keep them in the headlines one more day.
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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.
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a distinguished leader who championed the rights of all Americans.
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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.
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Normally, my first impression would have been this is not good. But I've come around.
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There is a problem, there is a major problem. We cannot allow this to continue the way it is, because there's going to be another incident whether we like it or not.
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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.
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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.
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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.