Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Thank you, Mr. Ranking Member. And thank you, Mr. Secretary, for coming here today to testify.

The U.S. must invest in young people who carry unprecedented power to prevent climate change, promote democracy, good government, social justice, and spread American values.

I do want to acknowledge our Chairwoman Lee's efforts and leadership on this issue.

Diversity should be an asset to our national security, not a threat.

They literally represent an entire generation of Asian-American immigrants who came to this country who worked their tails off to be able to provide for their families for their next generation.

I was overwhelmed to see President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris both in Georgia acknowledging what happened, acknowledging the human lives, six of whom were Asian women who were lost in Atlanta.

And so when he and when our GOP leader in the House, Kevin McCarthy, used those phrases and continued to use those phrases and then 164 Republican colleagues couldn`t even vote for a symbolic resolution to condemn bigotry against…

Your president and your party and your colleagues can talk about issues with any other country that you want. But you don’t have to do it by putting a bull’s eye on the back of Asian-Americans across this country, on our grandparents on…

For Asian Americans, that moment is now.

You don't have to do it by putting a bull's eye on the back of Asian Americans.

we are the fastest growing racial demographic in the country.