American History TV is airing oral history interviews with former and current Asian American members of Congress. This is an interview with U.S. Representative Doris Matsui of California who serves on the Rules Committee and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. She also served for six years as Deputy Assistant to the President in the White House Office of Public Liaison during the Clinton presidency. Matsui begins by recounting why she ran for office and later discusses how her birth in an internment camp has influenced her politics.