Elijah Cummings: “Criminal justice reform is very personal to me. I have seen the problems that plague the system through many lenses.”

I really do think that we are in a moral situation. People are striving to live, trying to breathe the air of our country, trying to be better, trying to be healthy.

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

And I don't give a damn how you look at it; there are efforts to stop people from voting. That is not right. This is not Russia. This is the United States of America.

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.