"I bring quadruple diversity to the Senate. I'm a woman. I'll be the first Asian woman ever to be elected to the U.S. Senate. I am an immigrant. I am a Buddhist. When I said this at one of my gatherings, they said, 'Yes, but are you gay?' and I said, 'Nobody's perfect.'"
-- Rep. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, in November 2012 became the first Asian American woman elected to the U.S. Senate.