[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 166 (Monday, October 21, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H8282]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING CONGRESSMAN ELIJAH CUMMINGS

  (Ms. JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise today to memorialize the 
life of our honorable statesman and dear friend, Congressman Elijah 
Cummings. During his tenure in the House of Representatives, 
Congressman Cummings championed issues, including civil rights, access 
to affordable healthcare, transportation, and congressional oversight.
  Representative Cummings was irritated when I pushed him to take an 
office in the Congressional Black Caucus until he went home that 
weekend and he came back with a big smile and said that the people at 
home had noticed it. He also succeeded me as chair of the Congressional 
Black Caucus.
  Madam Speaker, I join Members of Congress in extending our sympathies 
to Congressman Cummings' wife, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, his family, 
and to all who had the great pleasure of knowing him. The legacy of 
Congressman Cummings will endure in this great institution as those 
that live in the hearts of others never truly perish.

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