Speaker Nancy Pelosi: 'Elijah Cummings, son of sharecroppers, master of the House. It is my official and personal and sad honor to welcome Chairman Elijah Cummings and all who loved him to this celebration of his life.'
Members of Congress and the public joined together Thursday to honor Rep. Elijah Cummings as he lies in state at the U.S. Capitol.
The room filled with members of Congress and Cummings family stood quietly only with the shutters of cameras interrupting the silence. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri began the ceremony with a prayer"our hearts are heavy.. as our friend and family member Elijah Cummings transitions into the land of the unseen."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell,"Elijah Cummings did not just represent Baltimore, he embodied it."
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