Elijah Cummings: “I fully support Mr. Carter in his efforts, because I have a lot of people in my district that are very, very concerned…”

That year, Bayou La Batre did elect its first Asian-American city council member.

I am extremely proud that our committee is holding the first hearing on D.C. Statehood in the House of Representatives in more than 25 years.

I really do think that we are in a moral situation. People are striving to live, trying to breathe the air of our country, trying to be better, trying to be healthy.

Asian Americans are often still seen as outsiders, as foreigners, as aliens.