Elijah Cummings: “We have been trying to get certain documents for months, and we specifically requested it in advance of this hearing.”

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

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

That year, Bayou La Batre did elect its first Asian-American city council member.

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.