Elijah Cummings: “We want to move the process along. We don't know how much time we have in these positions.”

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.

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

It is only recently in the last 50 years or so that many of these laws have changed.

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