PRINTER'S NO. 3392
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
783
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY KENYATTA, HARRIS, KINSEY, DELLOSO, BIZZARRO,
FREEMAN, HANBIDGE, KORTZ, PASHINSKI, FRANKEL, DONATUCCI,
BRIGGS, DiGIROLAMO, BURNS, McCLINTON, McNEILL, RABB, ZABEL,
ULLMAN, MURT, SAPPEY, HILL-EVANS, SAMUELSON, YOUNGBLOOD,
RAVENSTAHL, MILLARD, SANCHEZ, SOLOMON, SCHWEYER, HOHENSTEIN,
GALLOWAY, A. DAVIS, DeLUCA, JOHNSON-HARRELL, O'MARA, HARKINS,
CALTAGIRONE, DAWKINS, CIRESI, DEASY, SAINATO, GOODMAN,
HOWARD, NEILSON AND WARREN, FEBRUARY 28, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 28, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the life, service and accomplishments of Congressman
Elijah Cummings.
WHEREAS, Elijah Cummings was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on
January 18, 1951, the son of factory workers and the grandson of
sharecroppers; and
WHEREAS, After serving as student body president of Howard
University and graduating with Phi Beta Kappa honors and a
degree in political science, Mr. Cummings attended the
University of Maryland School of Law and passed the Maryland
state bar exam in 1976; and
WHEREAS, After years of practicing law, during which he
helped law students develop their oral and writing skills as
chief judge on the Maryland Moot Court, Mr. Cummings was elected
to the Maryland House of Delegates, where he served from 1983 to
1996; and
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WHEREAS, Mr. Cummings was the first African American in
Maryland history to be named speaker pro tempore; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Cummings was elected to the United States House
of Representatives in 1996 to represent Maryland's 7th
Congressional District; and
WHEREAS, Congressman Cummings chaired the Congressional Black
Caucus from 2003 to 2004, where he attempted to bring the group
to a national stage and consciousness, and was also a senior
member of the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, In 2019, Congressman Cummings became the chairman of
the House Committee on Oversight and Reform; and
WHEREAS, Congressman Cummings served in the House of
Representatives for 23 years until his death on October 17,
2019, at 68 years of age; and
WHEREAS, Congressman Cummings was a persistent voice of
reason and fighter of injustice, as well as a friend to
lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, whose presence will be
missed both in his district and in the halls of the United
States Capitol; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life,
service and accomplishments of Congressman Elijah Cummings.
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