The late Rep. Elijah Cummings Elijah Eugene CummingsBlack GOP candidate accuses Behar of wearing black face in heated interview Overnight Health Care: US won't join global coronavirus vaccine initiative | Federal panel lays out initial priorities for COVID-19 vaccine distribution | NIH panel: 'Insufficient data' to show treatment touted by Trump works House Oversight Democrats to subpoena AbbVie in drug pricing probe MORE (D-Md.), who died this week after a lengthy illness, will lie in state on Thursday in Statuary Hall, the old House chamber in the Capitol, Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiDemocratic senator to party: 'A little message discipline wouldn't kill us' Overnight Health Care: New wave of COVID-19 cases builds in US | Florida to lift all coronavirus restrictions on restaurants, bars | Trump stirs questions with 0 drug coupon plan Overnight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds MORE (D-Calif.) announced.

A memorial service in the Capitol will be held Thursday morning for members of Congress, the Cummings family and special guests. After the service, there will be a viewing for the public.

House votes originally scheduled for Thursday are canceled as is customary when a dignitary is lying in state or honor in the Capitol building. The last House votes of the week will be held late Wednesday night.

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Cummings, the son of sharecroppers who rose to become the chairman of the powerful Oversight and Reform Committee, will be laid to rest next week in his hometown of Baltimore, a city that he represented during his 23 years in Congress.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25, at the New Psalmist Baptist Church, where he worshipped for decades in Baltimore. Dozens of lawmakers from both parties are expected to attend the funeral.

“In the House, Elijah was our North Star. He was a leader of towering character and integrity, who pushed the Congress and country always to rise to a higher purpose, reminding us why we are here,” Pelosi wrote in an op-ed in The Washington Post on Friday.

“As he said whenever he saw that we were not living up to our Founders’ vision for America and meeting the needs of our children for the future: ‘We are better than this.’”

It’s a rare honor to lie in state or honor in the Capitol. The last person to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda was President George H.W. Bush after his death last December. Before that, it was Sen. John McCain John Sidney McCainCrenshaw looms large as Democrats look to flip Texas House seat Analysis: Biden victory, Democratic sweep would bring biggest boost to economy The Memo: Trump's strengths complicate election picture MORE (R-Ariz.) in August 2018.