Chairman, U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (2019 - October 17, 2019).
Congressional Black Caucus member.
Chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee.
U.S. Representative (D-MD) 1996-10/17/2019.
Member of Maryland House of Delegates from 1983-96.
Graduated from Howard University in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society. Graduated from the University of Maryland law school in 1976 with a J.D. and passed the Maryland Bar in December 1976.
On 10/24/2019 he was the first African-American elected official to lie in state in the US Capitol .