Elijah Cummings: “You can't fake that. You can't fake it.”

It is only recently in the last 50 years or so that many of these laws have changed.

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.

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.