Elijah Cummings: “I wish there were not a Republican and a Democratic party. I wish I was not a, quote, 'politician.'”

We are better than where we are. We are better than this.

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

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.

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.