Elijah Cummings will become the first African American lawmaker to lie in state in the Capitol, an honor bestowed to only a few dozen statesmen, presidents and military leaders throughout U.S. history
Congress on Thursday will bid goodbye to Rep. Elijah Cummings , the son of sharecroppers who rose to become one of the Democratic Party’s most influential figures at a tumultuous time in American politics.
“It’ll probably be the hardest two or three minutes I will ever give,” Meadows said of his speech on Thursday, noting that his office was down the hall from Cummings for years. “He was a real friend.” “We lost a giant, and we lost somebody at a particular moment of history when he was so needed,” said Rep. Karen Bass , chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, who will also speak at Thursday’s ceremony.Ahead of the ceremony, top Democrats shared a video tribute of Cummings’ political career with the CBC — which Cummings once chaired — where emotions ran high, according to people in the room. The caucus also plans to deliver its own tribute to him on Thursday on the House floor.
The funeral on Friday, which will be held at his home church in Baltimore, is expected to draw thousands.
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