Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) was not dead for 24 hours before Âtheories started popping up about some questionable signatures heÂd recently penned on a few congressional subpoenas. BizPac Review reports that when one signature from the late congressman was compared to other documents that had been signed by him, the penmanship was hardly similar, leading many to believe one of his staffers may have forged his signature.