By Elijah Cummings On July 27, Senator Elizabeth Warren and I held a congressional Roundtable in Baltimore with Maryland Senator Ben Cardin and Congressman John Sarbanes, Baltimore officials, health professionals, and community representatives. We did so to learn more from those on the front lines of our national opioid epidemic about the challenges they face […]
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Affordable Housing: A Debate over Core American Values
By Elijah Cummings Along with access to food and healthcare, every American family deserves to live in a safe and affordable home. We are not a nation that abandons our people. These principles were central to both my presentation last year to officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (when we met to […]
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The Battle for Control of the Supreme Court
By Elijah Cummings Responding to President Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be the fifth (and majority) vote on the nine-member United States Supreme Court, our nation’s foremost civil rights organizations issue a warning that is both ominous and clear. If the United States Senate consents to the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh, the new […]
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A Better Vision for America
By Congressman Elijah Cummings, Special to the AFRO Sharply contrasting visions of America clashed in Washington last month exemplifying an ongoing struggle for the hearts, minds and future of the American People. Official Inhumanity In the days and years to come, we will remember June 2018 as the month when we reacted with horror as President […]
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Restoring Government and Helping Our Nation
By Elijah Cummings Individuals who overcome barriers to “getting ahead” and business leaders who recognize their ability to contribute deserve our admiration. Yet, even as we acknowledge these Americans for “doing good while also doing well,” our nation’s public policies must also address a more fundamental economic reality. Only significant legislative reforms that strengthen the […]
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An Orchestra of Hope for Baltimore’s Future
By Elijah Cummings, Special to the AFRO Anyone with any doubts about the value of “OrchKids,” the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s instrumental music program for inner city students, should listen to what young Asia Palmer, a flute player in her 10th year with the program, had to say to the New York Times recently. “The program […]
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Ending Price Gouging By The Prescription Drug Industry
By Elijah Cummings, Special to the AFRO If you suspect that you and your family are paying far too much for the prescription medicines that help you stay healthy and alive, your suspicions are justified – and you are not alone. These realities are why I asked our Democratic staff experts on the House Oversight […]
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Voting for True Middle Class Tax & Budgetary Reform
By Elijah Cummings, Special to the AFRO They used to tell us that “a rising tide lifts all boats,” but many Americans are beginning to doubt that rosy promise. Far too many of us are drowning. Americans are working harder and becoming more productive than ever before, a self-discipline that has been enriching some at […]
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Congress and the President Must Respond to the Opioid Crisis
By Elijah Cummings, Special to the AFRO Recently, in front of a Baltimore restaurant, I watched as a young man was pushed out of a car, unconscious, and on to the sidewalk in front of us – and I was told that this happens more often than one would think. The young man, suffering from […]
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Dr. King’s Vision and Our Democracy Restored
By Elijah Cummings, Special to the AFRO On April 4, America will mark the 50th anniversary of one of the darkest hours in our national history. We will pause to recall that heartbreaking moment in Memphis, Tennessee, when an assassin’s bullet cut short the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There will be those […]
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What Kind of Nation Have We Become When We Fail to Protect Our Children?
In the wake of yet another mass slaughter of innocent Americans, I am writing to implore my colleagues in both the Congress and our state legislatures to go to CNN’s website and listen carefully to the words of a young American named Cameron Kasky. You can find his declaration of principle and truth on CNN.com. […]
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In Defense of American Democracy
Although it remains to be proven which Americans, if any, actively, knowingly and illegally conspired with the Russians to influence our 2016 elections, the broad scope of the Russian attacks upon our democratic system is becoming increasingly clear. We must become more united in creating an effective defense. On February 16, the American people received […]