Elijah Cummings: “The issue has been my number one--number one--investigative priority for several years.”

If we had a House and if we had a Senate that would pass legislation and we had a President that would sign it, this problem which is the subject of this hearing today could be fixed.

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

Asian Americans are becoming more politically visible, and our numbers are showing that.

We are better than where we are. We are better than this.