Elijah Cummings: “How do we maintain our authority.”

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

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.

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