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"In the neighborhood I grew up in in the inner city of Baltimore, one of the things that you tried to do was make sure you were not considered a chump and what chump meant was that you didn’t want people to see you as just somebody they could just get over on."—Elijah CummingsYouTube Video: Elijah Cummings calls Neil Kashkari a "chump" (Time: 2:19)
"I'm just wondering how you feel about an AIG giving $503 million worth of bonuses on the one hand, and accepting $154 billion from hard-working taxpayers. What really bothers me is all these other people who are lining up. They say, well, is Kashkari a chump?"—Elijah CummingsBloomberg: Paulson's "Chump" Kashkari... (November 14, 2008)
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Fast Facts
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Elijah Cummings represents the 7th congressional district in Maryland
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Neel Kashkari was named to run the country's $700 billion financial stabilization program
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Dennis Kucinich is the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee
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Cummings asked Kashkari whether he was a "chump" during a hearing on November 14, 2008
