‘I have no doubt he’s dancing with the angels’: Lawmakers honor Cummings at the Capitol

Several lawmakers including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) paid tribute to Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) Oct. 24 at the U.S. Capitol.

Cummings is the first African American lawmaker to lie in state in the Capitol. Two other African Americans have received the honor, known as lying “in honor” for non-elected officials: Civil rights icon Rosa Parks, in 2005, and Capitol Police Officer Jacob J. Chestnut Jr., who was killed in 1998 by a gunman who had burst into the Capitol.

Cummings, who chaired the House Oversight and Reform Committee, died Oct. 17, at age 68. Read more: Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube:

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