Reply #15: Rep Elijah Cummings - outgoing chairman speaking

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D-Maryland, outgoing chairman - Rep Elijah Cummings

We hope that you are proud of us - and what we have done and tried to do.

When we stood and opposed Iraq war - and even when they said we were not patriotic, we stood...we stood... And now they see how right we were (smaller applause there).

We will continue to stand, even if no one else stands... we will stand... we will stand.

You may not win, but you will set the trend.

Where do you go from here and what path do you take.

Thanks, etc......
and so we turn to a new chapter, and we are fortunate to have a great leader as our new chairman. Not just that he's Phi Beta Kappa, Yale Grad, Constitutional scholar, married to wonderful woman named Uleta Watt (she takes a bow) -- not just that he understands and is willing to speak to power - but that he understands every person has a contribution to make and is respected by each and ever one of us......

From the great state of NC, congressman Mel Watt

Now passing the gavel