,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,november #ac1      
#bjai,mr4 ,meadows submitted the        
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,transportation   
and ,infrastructure  ,,resolution       
,establishing the ,elijah ,e4 ,cummings 
,room4  ,whereas ,elijah ,eugene        
,cummings was born on ,january #ah1     
#aiea1 in ,baltimore to ,ruth ,elma and 
,robert ,cummings2 ,whereas1 as the son 
of sharecroppers1 he grew up with an    
understanding of adversity and          
challenges and his parents inspired in  
him his sense of justice2 ,whereas he   
graduated with honors from the          
,baltimore ,city ,college high school in
 #aifi1 then attended ,howard           
,university in the ,district of         
,columbia1 where he served in the       
student government as sophomore class   
president1 student government treasurer1
 and later student government president1
 and graduated in #aigc1 with a         

bachelor's degree in political science2 
,whereas he graduated from law school at
 the ,university of ,maryland ,school of
 ,law1 receiving his juris doctor in    
#aigf1 and was admitted to the bar in   
,maryland later that year and practiced 
law for #ai years2 ,whereas he received 
#ab honorary doctoral degrees from      
universities across the ,united ,states1
 most recently an honorary doctorate of 
public service from the ,university of  
,maryland1 ,college ,park1 in #bjag2    
,whereas for #ad years1 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        
,tempore1 the second highest position in
 the ,house of ,delegates2 ,whereas he  
was elected to the ,house of            
,representatives in #aiif1 and served   
the people of ,maryland's #gth          
,congressional ,district2 ,whereas as   
,chairman of the ,oversight and ,reform 

,committee1 he cared deeply about       
holding public officials accountable and
 making the government work better2     
,whereas he lived in the ,madison ,park 
community in ,baltimore and was an      
active member of the ,new ,psalmist     
,baptist ,church for #dj years2 ,whereas
 he was a loving family man1 husband1   
and father who leaves behind two        
daughters and a son1 and his wife1 ,maya
 ,rockeymoore ,cummings2 and ,whereas he
 died on ,october #ag1 #bjai1 at ,johns 
,hopkins ,hospital at the age of #fh and
 laid in state at the ,united ,state    
,capitol ,building's ,statuary ,hall on 
,october #bd1 becoming the first        
,african-,american lawmaker to achieve  
the honor of lying in state3 ,now1      
therefore1 be it  ,that in honor of the 
life and legacy of ,elijah ,e4          
,cummings1 room #baed of the ,rayburn   
,house ,office ,building is named the   
,elijah ,e4 ,cummings ,room4