Elijah Cummings: “Did you realize that there are organizations from Florida in the Everglades that are begging for these regulations?”

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.

It is only recently in the last 50 years or so that many of these laws have changed.

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

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.