BREAKING: US House Oversight Cmte. Chairman Elijah Cummings has died, his office says. nbcnews.to/33Da6Mw
JUST IN: President Trump tweets his condolences to the family of Rep. Elijah Cummings 
JUST IN: Speaker Pelosi has ordered US flags at the US Capitol to half-staff in honor of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings.
JUST IN: Speaker Pelosi on the death of Rep. Cummings:
“The people of Baltimore, the U.S. Congress and America have lost a voice of unsurpassed moral clarity and truth ... I am personally devastated by his passing."
“The people of Baltimore, the U.S. Congress and America have lost a voice of unsurpassed moral clarity and truth ... I am personally devastated by his passing."
WATCH: Speaker Pelosi calls the late Rep. Cummings "my brother in Baltimore" and says, "He lived the American dream, and he wanted it for everyone else," noting that he was the son of sharecroppers and became chairman of the House Oversight Cmte.
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Former President Obama on the late Rep. Cummings:
"True to the giants of progress he followed into public service, Chairman Cummings stood tallest and most resolute when our country needed him the most. May his example inspire more Americans to pick up the baton..."
"True to the giants of progress he followed into public service, Chairman Cummings stood tallest and most resolute when our country needed him the most. May his example inspire more Americans to pick up the baton..."
JUST IN: President Trump orders American flags in the US and around the world lowered to half-staff in honor of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings.
WATCH: Rep. John Lewis on the late Rep. Elijah Cummings:
"I don't think we'll see his likeness again soon. He was a close, endearing, beloved friend."
"I don't think we'll see his likeness again soon. He was a close, endearing, beloved friend."
WATCH: US House observes a moment of silence in honor of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings.
