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Report Video IssueSpeaker Pelosi: Elijah Cummings Was Our North Star
2019-10-17T10:58:58-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/ced/20191017110032001_hd.jpgHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi notes the passing overnight of Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings at age 68. The son of sharecroppers, Speaker Pelosi says her "brother in Baltimore...lived the American dream and he wanted it for everybody else." She also praises him as a man of integrity and she echoes sentiments by fellow Marylanders, saying, "He was our North Star" and that when ever he rose to speak during his days in the state legislature, people stopped to listen.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi notes the passing overnight of Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings at age 68. The son of sharecr… read more
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi notes the passing overnight of Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings at age 68. The son of sharecroppers, Speaker Pelosi says her "brother in Baltimore...lived the American dream and he wanted it for everybody else." She also praises him as a man of integrity and she echoes sentiments by fellow Marylanders, saying, "He was our North Star" and that when ever he rose to speak during his days in the state legislature, people stopped to listen. close