Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), in February 2019 and his casket leaving Capitol Hill on Oct. 24, 2019

Former Chairman of the House Oversight Committee ELIJAH CUMMINGS’ (D-MD) casket is carried out of the Capitol Building after lying in state before his funeral in Maryland, October 24, 2019

Former Chairman of the House Oversight Committee ELIJAH CUMMINGS’ (D-MD) casket is carried out of the Capitol Building after lying in state before his funeral in Maryland, October 24, 2019

Former Chairman of the House Oversight Committee ELIJAH CUMMINGS’ (D-MD) casket is carried out of the Capitol Building after lying in state before his funeral in Maryland, October 24, 2019

Family and staff of former Chairman of the House Oversight Committee ELIJAH CUMMINGS (D-MD) wait outside of the Capitol Building as his casket is carried out to the hearse after lying in state, October 24, 2019

Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), at the hearing of President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, February 27, 2019

Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), at the hearing of President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, February 27, 2019

United States flag flying at half-mast as the body of former Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Elijah Cummings lies in state, October 24, 2019