Establishing the Elijah E. Cummings Room.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 696 Establishing the Elijah E. Cummings Room. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOVEMBER 13, 2019 Mr. MEADOWS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 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 un- derstanding 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 Uni- versity in the District of Columbia, where he served in the student government as sophomore class president, student government treasurer, and later student govern- ment 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:39 Nov 13, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR696.IH HR696 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 696 IH 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 uni- versities across the United States, most recently an hon- orary 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 Congres- sional District; Whereas as Chairman of the Oversight and Reform Com- mittee, he cared deeply about holding public officials ac- countable and making the government work better; Whereas he lived in the Madison Park community in Balti- more 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:39 Nov 13, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR696.IH HR696 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 696 IH Resolved, That in honor of the life and legacy of Eli- 1 jah E. Cummings, room 2154 of the Rayburn House Of- 2 fice Building is named the ‘‘Elijah E. Cummings Room’’. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:39 Nov 13, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR696.IH HR696 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS