Elijah Cummings: “I have always believed that, as a nation, we must and can do better. It is a moral issue.”

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

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

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.

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.