Gary Locke: “The Census only happens once every 10 years and we need to get it right--no exceptions, no excuses.”

Generations of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who choose to enter politics have him to thank for blazing the trail for all of us.

Senator Begich raised the issues of Alaska. I mean it is ground zero. It will require assistance, help, in terms of relocation, infrastructure investments, emergency response efforts to flooding and storms that will be coming about, and…

We in this committee believe that everybody counts in this country and everybody should be counted.

If we work in this way to improve the competitiveness of U.S. businesses and take care in monitoring compliance with our trade laws, the end result will be a strengthening of our international economic position, increased domestic job…