I do believe that sometimes--it is not your office--I will be very brief, Mr. Chairman--that we operate, sadly, in a culture of mediocrity in our country, and I will never forget Katrina as long as I live.
Cummings criticizes the culture of mediocrity in government response, referencing Hurricane Katrina.
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It is only recently in the last 50 years or so that many of these laws have changed.
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.
If we had a House and if we had a Senate that would pass legislation and we had a President that would sign it, this problem which is the subject of this hearing today could be fixed.
That year, Bayou La Batre did elect its first Asian-American city council member.
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