CUMMINGS, ELIJAH E

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CUMMINGS, ELIJAH E
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: Experience: House: District 7, 1995-Present; Home State: District of Columbia; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $873,805Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Elijah E. Cummings

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Maya; 3 Children

Birth Date: 01/18/1951

Birth Place: Baltimore, MD

Home City: Baltimore, MD

Religion: Baptist

Education

JD, Maryland University School of Law, 1976

BA, Political Science, Howard University, 1973

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 7, 1996-present

Speaker Pro Tempore, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1995-1996

Delegate, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1980-1996

Won Special Election, United States House of Representatives, District 7, April 16, 1996

Current Legislative Committees

Joint Economic Committee, Member

Oversight and Government Reform, Ranking Member

Select Committee on Benghazi, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Member

Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, Member

Transportation and Infrastructure, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Congressional Black Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus, present

Former Member, Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force

Former Chair, Congressional Black Caucus

Former Member, Get Out of Iraq Caucus

Former Chair, Governor's Commission on Black Males

Former Member, House Task Force on Health Care Reform

Former Chair, Maryland Legislative Black Caucus

Former Member, Port Security Caucus

Member, Juvenile Offender Aftercare Assessment Team, 1999-2000

Member, Transit Advisory Panel, Maryland Comprehensive Transit Plan, 1998-1999

Professional Experience

Former Columnist

Gwendolyn S. and Colbert I. King Endowed Chair in Public Policy Lecture Series, Howard university, 2014-2015

Private Practice Attorney, 1980-1996

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Board Member, Baltimore Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, present

Honorary Board Member, Baltimore School for the Arts, present

Board Member, Elijah Cummings Youth Program, present

Honorary Board Member, KIPP Baltimore Schools, present

Member, Board of Regents, Morgan State University, present

Member, New Psalmist Baptist Church, present

Honorary Board Member, SEED School of Maryland, present

Member, Board of Visitors, United States Naval Academy, present

Former Member, Board of Trustees, Baltimore Aquarium

Former Member, Board of Trustees, Baltimore City Historical Society

Former President, Bancroft Literary Society

Former Member, Executive Board, Dunbar-Hopkins Health Partnership

Former Board Member, Institute of Human Virology

Former Chair, Maritime for Primary and Secondary Education Coalition (MPSEC)

Former Chief Judge, Maryland Moot Court Board

Former Member, Maryland State Bar Association

Former Board Member, Maryland Zoo

Member, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society

Former Member, Advisory Committee, Yale-Howard Nursing Partnership Center to Reduce Health Disparities

Founder, Maryland Boot Camp Aftercare Program, 1991

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Support Abortion should be decided by a woman herself. It is an important part of their health rights and reproductive freedom.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Strongly Oppose The death penalty should be abolished. We should let judges and juries decide what penalties to apply in each case.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Support Flatter taxes benefit the wealthy more than the lower and middle class. We should focus tax relief on the majority of taxpayers instead of on the richest.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Support The federal government should intervene in the economy and inject as much funding as needed to recover from the Great Recession, including direct federal job creation.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Oppose Public schools are an important component of American society. We should improve public schools rather than destroying them with vouchers.
7. Make voter registration easier	Strongly Support Voter ID laws are racist and intended to suppress minority voting. Taxpayer funds should be used for political campaigns.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Support Overuse of fossil fuels causes serious problems that we should deal with immediately. And green energy is absolutly a good option for us to Stop Global Warming.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Oppose Expanding the military is not important and integrant for U.S. now. But when the country meets with defiance or agression, it is acceptable to continue expanding our military.
11. Support & expand free trade	Oppose Trade should be Fair, not Free. Free trade poses a risk to job security, causes humanitarian problems overseas, or results in environmental damage.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Oppose Availability of guns should be absolutely limited, because more guns mean more killing.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Support Very few Americans have adequate health insurance. The government should make funds available for all citizens.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Support Immigration restrictions are racist because they keep out Hispanics and other non-whites. Social services should be offered to all residents of the United States regardless of immigration status.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Strongly Oppose Animals have inherent rights, and nature has inherent value. It is necessary to support vegetarianism and protect environment.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Oppose Faith-based origanizations and prayer in schools are inappropriate because they fail to recognize American pluralism and religious diversity.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Support Past discrimination should be corrected. Government should enforce Affirmative Action laws in companies.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Support In free country, people are free to choose their mate, whichever gender they like. Homosexual partners or marriages are equal with heterosexual ones.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Oppose Government should control the Social Security forever. The Trust Fund should not be invested in anything with risk.

Total: 171

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
04/04/2005	H.R.908	Witness Security and Protection Act of 2005	04/04/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (All Actions)
03/02/2005	H.R.909	Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Act of 2005	03/02/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. (All Actions)
02/25/2005	H.R.812	Dawson Family Community Protection Act	02/25/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. (All Actions)
02/25/2005	H.R.686	Clinical Laboratory Compliance Improvement Act of 2005	02/25/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
11/05/2004	H.R.5246	Voter Protection Act of 2004	11/05/2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (All Actions)
10/25/2004	H.R.5311	Clinical Laboratory Compliance Improvement Act of 2004	10/25/2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
10/10/2004	H.R.5258	Teacher Training Expansion Act of 2004	10/10/2004 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)
09/27/2004	H.Con.Res.495	Recommending expenditures for an appropriate visitor's center at Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site to commemorate the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School.	09/27/2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands. (All Actions)
06/24/2004	H.R.2424	National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2003	06/24/2004 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)
05/14/2004	H.R.4261	Reading Failure Prevention Act of 2004	05/14/2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. (All Actions)
04/21/2004	H.R.4184	To require United States assistance for the repair, maintenance, or construction of the transportation infrastructure of Iraq to be provided in the form of loans subject to repayment in full to the United States Government.	04/21/2004 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. (All Actions)
04/08/2004	H.R.4147	Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research ClearingHouse Act of 2004	04/08/2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census. (All Actions)
12/01/2003	H.R.3459	Healthcare Equality and Accountability Act	12/01/2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. (All Actions)
11/11/2003	H.J.Res.52	Recognizing the Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution in Baltimore, Maryland, as the official national museum of dentistry in the United States.	11/11/2003 Became Public Law No: 108-122. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
10/20/2003	H.R.3268	Federal Employee Health Benefits Glaucoma Screening Act	10/20/2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization. (All Actions)
10/10/2003	H.R.3267	Federal Employees' Benefits Equity Act of 2001	10/10/2003 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)
09/30/2003	H.R.1599	Dawson Family Community Protection Act	09/30/2003 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)
07/17/2003	H.Con.Res.208	Supporting National Men's Health Week.	07/17/2003 Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions)
05/21/2003	H.Con.Res.187	Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the United States Postal Service honoring Hattie McDaniel, and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.	05/21/2003 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. (All Actions)
04/24/2003	H.Con.Res.140	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the awareness of and treatment for kidney disease.	04/24/2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)

Total: 4553

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
04/27/2017	H.R.1135	To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.
06/08/2017	H.R.2854	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual who is subject to a requirement to present identification as a condition of voting in an election for Federal office to meet such requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual's identification, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017	H.R.2841	To prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm.
06/08/2017	H.R.2840	To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each State to ensure that each individual who provides identifying information to the State motor vehicle authority is automatically registered to vote in elections for Federal office held in the State unless the individual does not meet the eligibility requirements for registering to vote in such elections or declines to be registered to vote in such elections, and for other purposes.
05/18/2017	H.R.2510	To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes.
05/18/2017	H.Con.Res.56	Expressing support for designation of October 28 as "Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day".
05/18/2017	H.R.2227	MGT Act
05/18/2017	H.Res.172	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of the Russian Federation, its officials, security services, and any person or entity within the Russian Federation or associated with the Russian Government, should not interfere, seek to influence, or engage in coercion designed to create an outcome in foreign elections.
05/17/2017	H.R.2477	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017	H.R.356	Protecting Our Democracy Act
05/16/2017	H.R.2439	Fair Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act of 2017
05/09/2017	H.R.267	Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2017
05/05/2017	H.R.2351	Minority Diabetes Initiative Act
05/03/2017	H.R.2325	Emergency Financial Manager Reform Act of 2017
05/03/2017	H.R.2317	United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act of 2017
05/02/2017	H.R.2282	Equality Act
05/02/2017	H.R.2196	To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients.
05/02/2017	H.R.2195	OSC Access Act
05/02/2017	H.Res.285	Expressing the sense of the United States House of Representatives that Congress and the President should empower the creation of police and community alliances designed to enhance and improve communication and collaboration between members of the law enforcement community and the public they serve.
05/02/2017	H.R.1242	400 Years of African-American History Commission Act

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