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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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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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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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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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.
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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,
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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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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.
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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.
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We cannot allow it to be said by history that the difference between those who lived and... died... was nothing more than poverty, age or skin colour,
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Normally, my first impression would have been this is not good. But I've come around.
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a distinguished leader who championed the rights of all Americans.