Elijah Cummings: “This is no gift is it? It's not a gift to the States?”

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.

The American people demanded that their representatives in Washington fight for them and for what affects their lives on a day-to-day basis.

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

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