Elijah Cummings: “I strongly disagree. If our goal is to analyze these grants in a responsible manner, we cannot ignore the voices of…”

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

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

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.

Earlier this year, thanks to this committee's efforts, the House passed the Inspector General Access Act, co-sponsored by Chairman Cummings, Congressman Richmond, Congressman Hice, and Congressman Lynch, and hopefully, that will be given…