Elijah Cummings: “Just one last question. Admiral Branch, an Islamist faction called al-Shabab is apparently working to exert some type of…”

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.

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

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

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.