Photo Gallery: Rep. Elijah Cummings on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON – Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Baltimore, speaks at a hearing of the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Jan. 24, 2017. He became chairman of the panel after the Democrats won the House in 2018. (Tom Hausman/Capital News Service)

WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Baltimore, and Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, (L-R) unveil the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act in a joint press conference at the United States Capitol on Oct. 25, 2017. (Photo by Helen Parshall/Capital News Service)

PHILADELPHIA – Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Baltimore, at the Maryland delegation breakfast during the 2016 Democratic National Convention. (Capital News Service)

BALTIMORE – Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Baltimore, speaks against President Donald Trump’s health care policies on Oct. 2, 2018. (Lauren Koenig/Capital News Service)

WASHINGTON – Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Baltimore, and other House Democrats speak at a Nov. 2, 2017, Capitol Hill press conference announcing a lawsuit seeking more information about the operations of the Trump International Hotel. (Photo by Ashley Clarke / Capital News Service)

WASHINGTON – Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Baltimore, at the National Press Club on Aug. 27, 2016. (Jeremy Barr/Capital News Service)

WASHINGTON – Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Baltimore, in the fall of 2016. (Ashley S. Westerman/Capital News Service)

WASHINGTON – Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Baltimore (center), chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, with Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont (left) and Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, earlier this year. (Capital News Service)

WASHINGTON – Rep. Elijah Cummings speaks at a Benghazi Select Committee hearing on Oct. 22, 2016, where Secretary of State Hillary Clinton provided testimony. (Julie Gallagher/Capital News Service)