Elijah Cummings
The civil rights leader died Oct. 17 at age 68 of longstanding health problems.
The House speaker praised the late congressman as "a voice of unsurpassed moral clarity and truth" after his sudden and shocking death.
Watch Elijah Cummings deliver an inspiration poem in his first floor speech to Congress in 1996
The veteran Democrat, who died Thursday at 68, recited a poem he said he lived by during his first-ever address in the chamber.
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Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings has died due to “complications concerning longstanding health challenges.”
"Rest In Power" trended on Twitter in honor of the veteran Democratic representative, who died Thursday.
The veteran Democratic representative chaired the powerful House Oversight Committee investigating President Donald Trump's impeachment.
It remains unclear whether the military exceeded its own limits on lodging expenses to put service members up in the president's hotel.
Chao has been accused of using her office to benefit herself and her family's shipping company.
Donald Trump infamously called the city a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess."