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May 1, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28), Chair Emerita of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), introduced the Language Access Board Act of 2026 with Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), Chair of CAPAC, and Rep. Juan Vargas (CA-52). This bill would establish an independent board of community leaders and federal agency officials to research, develop, implement, and enforce language access standards across the federal government. Senator Padilla will be leading the Senate companion. 


April 28, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  During Care Workers Recognition Month, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) announced the launch of its new Caregiving Task Force, led by Co-Chairs Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Rep. Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), to support Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) formal and informal caregivers and their families across the nation.


April 27, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Congressional Tri-Caucus, composed of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), condemned the Trump administration's illegal push to gut housing assistance for thousands of families with mixed immigration statuses.


April 24, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and Rep. Tim Kennedy (NY-26) led a coalition of 35 House Democrats in demanding the Trump administration immediately reverse a dangerous new policy that allows for the arrest and detention of legally admitted refugees after one year in the United States.


April 15, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Grace Meng (NY-06), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), André Carson (IN-07), and Judy Chu (CA-28), CAPAC Chair Emerita, are introducing legislation recognizing five years since a tragic mass shooting took the lives of eight employees at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana. The facility’s workforce was nearly 90 percent of Sikh descent.


April 14, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, 53 Members of Congress — led by the Chairs of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and the Congressional Progressive Caucus — sent a letter to House and Senate leadership calling for meaningful Fourth Amendment protections for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).


April 3, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17), Ranking Member of House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, and Rep. Grace Meng (NY-6), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, sent a letter to National Science Foundation (NSF) Interim Director Brian Stone encouraging the NSF to continue work to protect American scientific endeavors and highlighting the work of the Safeguarding the Entire Community of the U.S.


April 2, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Grace Meng (NY-06), CAPAC Chair Emerita Rep.


April 2, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  Today, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Grace Meng (NY-06) released a statement following President Trump’s executive order restricting access to the ballot box: