Elijah Cummings Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches
Elijah Cummings Quotes and Sayings
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African-American women account for 67 percent of all newly diagnosed female AIDS cases.
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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.
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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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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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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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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.
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It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.
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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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Since 1987, the month of March has been designated to give special prominence to the women who have made lasting contributions to our society.
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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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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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