Remembering Elijah E. Cummings
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Elijah E. Cummings, Chair of House Oversight Committee (Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
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On Friday, October 25, 2019, former presidents and ordinary people alike, gathered at the Baltimore church to celebrate Congressman Elijah E. Cummings’ life. Former President Bill Clinton spoke at the funeral for longtime Baltimore Congressman Elijah Cummings. Watch his full eulogy, in the video “Bill Clinton speaks at Elijah Cummings’s funeral“, below:
Former President Obama praised longtime Baltimore Congressman Elijah Cummings as an honorable man, as he spoke at his funeral Friday. Watch Mr. Obama’s full eulogy, in the video “Barack Obama speaks at Elijah Cummings’ funeral“, below:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remembered the late Rep. Elijah Cummings as a congressman who worked to make the future brighter for upcoming generations. “He held himself to a high standard, and that is why I have called him the North Star of Congress, our guiding light,” Pelosi said at Cummings’ funeral held at New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland. Other speakers at the funeral included former President Barack Obama and Bill Clinton as well as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Cummings died on Oct. 17 of complications associated with longstanding health challenges, in the video “WATCH: Nancy Pelosi’s full remembrance at Rep. Elijah Cumming’s funeral“, below:
Former NAACP president Kweisi Mfume paid tribute to the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, his friend, at a funeral held at New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore. Mfume, who is also a former Democratic congressman from Maryland, recalled Cummings as “a good man with a good heart” who “taught us all how to hope, how to smile, how to laugh and how to cry.” Mfume added, “He taught us how to live and, with grace and dignity, he has taught us how to die.” in the video “WATCH: Kweisi Mfume’s full remembrance at Rep. Elijah Cummings’ funeral” below:
Maya Rockeymoore-Cummings, the wife of Rep. Elijah Cummings, said the congressman’s work became harder toward the end of his life as he sustained personal attacks against himself and the city of Baltimore, which he served. “While he carried himself with grace and dignity in all public forums, it hurt him,” Rockeymoore-Cummings said in a passionate speech at her husband’s funeral. Yet, she added, Cummings always fought on. “He kept going. He kept standing. He kept working,” Rockeymoore-Cummings said. In July, President Donald Trump lashed out at Cummings who, as the chair of the House Oversight committee, had led investigations into the White House and had approved subpoenas into alleged personal email use by the president’s daughter and son-in-law, in the video “WATCH: Maya Rockeymoore-Cummings’ full remembrance at her husband Rep. Elijah Cummings’ funeral“, below:
Hillary Clinton delivers remarks at Rep. Elijah Cummings Funeral Service. Watch full video here, in the video “Hillary Clinton complete remarks at Rep. Elijah Cummings Funeral Service“, below:
Rep. Elijah Cummings’ daughter Jennifer honored her father at his funeral on Oct. 25 in Baltimore by remembering how he taught her “the dual power of my beauty and my brilliance.” “Dad wanted me to understand and appreciate my blackness and truly feel that my rich brown skin was just as beautiful as alabaster or any shade of the rainbow,” Cummings said. “Thank you, dad, for also teaching me to be bold, to be confident and to stand in my power,” she added. Jennifer Cummings said that of all the political and leadership positions Elijah took on throughout his life, “perhaps the most important title you held in the 68 years in earth was ‘Dad.’” in the video “WATCH: Elijah Cummings’ daughter says he taught her the ‘beauty’ and ‘brilliance’ of blackness“, below:
The funeral service for the late longtime Maryland congressman Elijah Cummings, who died last week at the age of 68, will be at New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore Friday. Cummings lay in state Thursday in the U.S. Capitol, in the video “Watch Live: Congressman Elijah Cummings Funeral“, below:
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