[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 696 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 696

               Establishing the Elijah E. Cummings Room.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 13, 2019

 Mr. Meadows submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                               RESOLUTION


 
               Establishing the Elijah E. Cummings Room.

Whereas Elijah Eugene Cummings was born on January 18, 1951, in Baltimore to 
        Ruth Elma and Robert Cummings;
Whereas, as the son of sharecroppers, he grew up with an understanding of 
        adversity and challenges and his parents inspired in him his sense of 
        justice;
Whereas he graduated with honors from the Baltimore City College high school in 
        1969, then attended Howard University in the District of Columbia, where 
        he served in the student government as sophomore class president, 
        student government treasurer, and later student government president, 
        and graduated in 1973, with a bachelor's degree in political science;
Whereas he graduated from law school at the University of Maryland School of 
        Law, receiving his juris doctor in 1976, and was admitted to the bar in 
        Maryland later that year and practiced law for 19 years;
Whereas he received 12 honorary doctoral degrees from universities across the 
        United States, most recently an honorary doctorate of public service 
        from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2017;
Whereas for 14 years, he served in the Maryland House of Delegates and served as 
        Chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland and was the first 
        African American in Maryland history to be named Speaker pro Tempore, 
        the second highest position in the House of Delegates;
Whereas he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1996, and served the 
        people of Maryland's 7th Congressional District;
Whereas as Chairman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, he cared deeply about 
        holding public officials accountable and making the government work 
        better;
Whereas he lived in the Madison Park community in Baltimore and was an active 
        member of the New Psalmist Baptist Church for 40 years;
Whereas he was a loving family man, husband, and father who leaves behind two 
        daughters and a son, and his wife, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings; and
Whereas he died on October 17, 2019, at Johns Hopkins Hospital at the age of 68 
        and laid in state at the United State Capitol Building's Statuary Hall 
        on October 24, becoming the first African-American lawmaker to achieve 
        the honor of lying in state: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That in honor of the life and legacy of Elijah E. 
Cummings, room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building is named the 
``Elijah E. Cummings Room''.
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