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MARYLAND & THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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[photo, Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. Representative (Maryland)] ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS (Democrat), U.S. Representative, 7th Congressional District (parts of Baltimore City, & Baltimore & Howard counties), Maryland

2235 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-4741
fax: (202) 225-3178
web: www.house.gov/cummings/


Member of U.S. House of Representatives since April 1996. Member, Government Reform Committee, 1996- (criminal justice, drug policy & human resources subcommittee (ranking member); human rights & wellness subcommittee; former member, civil service & agency organization subcommittee; former member, national security, veterans affairs & international relations subcommittee); Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, 1996- (highways, transit, & pipelines subcommittee, 2003-; railroads subcommittee, 2003-; former member, aviation subcommittee; former member, ground transportation subcommittee); Joint Economic Committee, 2005-; House Task Force on Health Care Reform. Member, Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force, 2004-. Member, House Democratic Policy Committee. Chair, Congressional Black Caucus, 2003-04 (chair-elect, 2002; former secretary). Co-Chair, House AIDS Work Group.

Member, House of Delegates, representing District 44 (Baltimore City), January 12, 1983 to April 1996. Speaker Pro Tem, 1995-96. Vice-Chair, Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee, 1987-92. House Chair, Workers' Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight Committee, 1989-96. Member, Savings and Loan Oversight Committee, 1986; Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 1991-92. Vice-Chair, Economic Matters Committee, 1993-94 (chair, workers' compensation subcommittee, 1994-96). Member, Legislative Policy Committee, 1995-96; Spending Affordability Committee, 1995-96. Chair Emeritus, Maryland Legislative Black Caucus (chair, committee on economic development).

Chair, Governor's Commission on Black Males, 1990-96. Member, Maryland Comprehensive Transit Plan Transit Advisory Panel, 1998-99; Juvenile Offender Aftercare Assessment Team, 1999-2000. Board of Regents, Morgan State University, 1999-. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, January 18, 1951. Attended Baltimore City College High School; Howard University, B.S. (political science), 1973; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1976. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1976. Attorney. Member, Maryland State Bar Association. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1996, 2000, 2004. Chief Judge, Maryland Moot Court Board; Phi Beta Kappa; Outstanding U.S. Student Government Leader Award, Royal Arts Society of London; Major Achievement Award for Scholastic Accomplishment from Afro-American newspaper. President, Bancroft Literary Society. Board of Trustees, Baltimore City Historical Society, 2002-; National Aquarium (Baltimore); Baltimore Zoo. Executive Board, Dunbar-Hopkins Health Partnership. Member, Baltimore Area Council, Boy Scouts of America Board of Directors. Annual Achievement Award, Maryland Black Caucus Foundation, 2005. Member, New Psalmist Baptist Church.

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