Common fact and experience says that politics change people, but Elijah Cummings changed politics. He put a face on it and made it real. Through the simple eloquence of his example he left for us a threshold of leadership that will forever be hard to eclipse.

Today we lost another native son of Baltimore. Former Mayor Tommy D’Alesandro III was a kind and caring public servant who stayed humble and proud. He did more in 4 years to provide equal opportunity for the city's black community than most people did in 40. I will miss him.

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