Congressman Elijah Eugene Cummings was th lion of Congress and a key member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Maryland's 7th congressional district. The district includes just over half of Baltimore City, most of the majority-black precincts of Baltimore County, as well as most of Howard County.
The longtime US Representative from Maryland died early Thursday due to complications from longstanding health challenges, according to a statement issued by his congressional office.
He was a real public servant and a role model with character, integrity, and love for our country. We honor this great man. May we learn from the example of this great leader of civil right and humanity.
Cummings was chairman of the Oversight Committee and oversaw a range of investigations into the Trump administration, from issues relating to the impeachment inquiry to the treatment of migrants at the southern border to the use of personal email for official use by White House officials to how the citizenship question was considered for the US census. It was Cumming's committee that grilled Trump's former personal fixer-attorney, Michael Cohen, in a blockbuster hearing this year.
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