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Washington, DC – Today, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statements opposing the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA). The bill was considered in the House of Representatives earlier today and failed to garner enough votes to pass. All 35 of CAPAC’s House Members who voted on the bill opposed it.

Rep. Judy Chu (CA-32), CAPAC Chair: “Today, there was a victory for women as the so-called PRENDA (Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act) was defeated.

Washington, DC – Yesterday, President Obama posthumously awarded Gordon Hirabayashi the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his courageous resistance to forced relocation and internment during World War II.  Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32) Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Congressman Mike Honda (CA-15), CAPAC Chair Emeritus, released the following statements:

Washington, DC – Tomorrow, May 19, 2012, marks the inaugural National Hepatitis Testing Day.  The event comes one year after the Department of Health and Human Services announced its Action Plan for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis. Hepatitis B and C disproportionately impact racial and ethnic minorities including Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, who comprise over half of the known Hepatitis B cases in the United States. Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statements to mark the occasion:

WASHINGTON, DC – Tomorrow, May 19^th, is National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.  Within the AAPI community, the tragic impact of HIV/AIDS is compounded by a strong cultural stigma of shame or disgrace for the individual, family and even community.  This deters many AAPIs from getting tested, which only further intensifies the health threat within the community.  To mark API HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-09), Chair of CAPA

Washington D.C.: Today, the congresswomen of the Congressional Asian Pacific American, Black and Hispanic Caucuses held a press conference to express strong opposition to the Cantor/Adams VAWA reauthorization bill, which would roll back protections for battered immigrant women, Tribal victims, college students and LGBT victims.

Washington, DC (May 10, 2012)—Today, the House Armed Services Committee passed legislation that includes a provision introduced by Congresswoman Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressman Mike Honda (CA-15), CAPAC Chair Emeritus, and Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to prevent hazing in the military.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, joined with Reps. Rush Holt (NJ-12), Keith Ellison (MN-05), Michael Honda (CA-15), and Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-02) today to introduce a resolution condemning the New York Police Department’s ethnic and religious profiling and warrantless surveillance of Muslim Americans.  Following the bill’s introduction, Congresswoman Chu and Representative Holt released the following statements: