Political Quotes

“On January 13, 1903, 102 Korean immigrants first arrived in the United States. Today we celebrate Korean American Day and the contributions of our Korean American community. Earlier this week, we had a celebration right here on Capitol Hill, with many of my colleagues joining our local and national community. When I previously served as the State delegate and now, as a Member of Congress, I have been privileged to work with our Korean American community in northern Virginia and throughout the 10th District through organizations such as the Korean American Association of the Washington Metropolitan Area; the Korean Medical Society; the Korean Women's Chamber of Commerce, which has worked with us tirelessly on battling the human trafficking issue. These are a few of the many organizations that serve in our area. I have also been privileged to visit with the Korean faith community and attended many cultural festivals, such as the annual KORUS Festival, which I was honored to chair just last year, and Korean Independence Day, which we celebrate annually in August with our local community--and I know we celebrate it throughout our country--so that we can all unite in our passion for freedom and for the ``One Korea'' cause, something we are all united on.…”