<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Courtesy of the <i>Baltimore Sun</i> at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-ayanna-pressley-cummings-2019018-20191018-my6zgyirlffmffaak4l6655uyu-story.html">https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-ayanna-pressley-cummings-2019018-20191018-my6zgyirlffmffaak4l6655uyu-story.html</a><br><div><br></div><div>———————————————</div><div><h1 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 32px 0px; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 40px; line-height: 46px; font-family: Spectral, serif; letter-spacing: -2px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Rep. Elijah Cummings signed subpoenas hours before death, congresswoman says</h1></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland signed several subpoenas in the hours before he died Thursday, according to a Massachusetts congresswoman.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Cummings died early Thursday morning around 2:45 a.m. due to complications from longstanding health problems. The congressman chaired the high-profile House Committee on Oversight and Reform, which made him a central figure in frequent battles with President Donald Trump over access to documents and testimonies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, who also serves on the oversight committee, tweeted Thursday evening that Cummings’ staff told her he had signed subpoenas hours before his death.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Pressley said the subpoenas were for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and U.S. Immigration and Customs Services, in an effort to pursue “justice for immigrants in my district & across the country with chronic medical conditions."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“A man of his word every moment of his life,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Cummings, a Baltimore Democrat, was known as a fierce civil rights advocate. In one memorable speech, he spoke out against immigrant children being separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>