Elijah Cummings: “If you come here and say things that are not accurate, I will hold you accountable.”

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 often still seen as outsiders, as foreigners, as aliens.

The American people demanded that their representatives in Washington fight for them and for what affects their lives on a day-to-day basis.