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ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, U.S. Representative (Democrat), 7th Congressional District (parts of Baltimore City & Baltimore County), Maryland.
1632 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-4741
e-mail: rep.cummings@mail.house.gov
fax: (202) 225-3178
World Wide Web: http://www.house.gov/cummings/
7900 Liberty Road
Randallstown, MD 21244
(410) 496-2010
fax: (410) 496-2015
754 Frederick Road
Catonsville, MD 21228
(410) 719-8777
fax: (410) 455-0110
Member of U.S. House of Representatives since 1996. Member, Government Reform and Oversight Committee, 1996- (civil service subcommittee; national security, international affairs, & criminal justice subcommittee); Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, 1996- (surface transportation subcommittee; aviation subcommittee). Member, House Democratic Policy Committee; Democratic Task Force on Health Care Reform. Secretary, Congressional Black Caucus. Co-Chair, House AIDS Caucus.
Member, House of Delegates, representing District 44 (Baltimore City), 1983-96. 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, 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-. Board of Regents, Morgan State University, 1999-.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, January 18, 1951. Attended Baltimore City College; Howard University, B.S. (political science), 1973; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1976. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1976. Attorney. 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.
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