'Our country has lost a giant.' Elijah Cummings is first African-American lawmaker to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol as Congress bids farewell to sharecropper's son who went head to head with Donald Trump Elijah Cummings' body is lying lie in state at the Capitol - the first time an African-American lawmaker has been given the honor Congressional leaders including Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke at a service in celebration of his life Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said: 'Our country has lost a giant.' Cummings was the son of sharecroppers. He earned a law degree and became a powerful...