Elijah Cummings: “This is Sunshine Week, when we celebrate the importance of transparency and openness in government.”

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.

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.