Elijah Cummings: “I do not, I just don't believe in failure. We are better than that.”

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

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.

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.