Elijah Cummings: “Mr. Chairman, I am very glad to hear you say what you just said, because, you know, there is an old song that says you…”

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.

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

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