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Washington, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Vince Girdhari Chhabria to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. If confirmed, Chhabria will be the first person of South Asian descent to ever serve as an Article III judge in California’s history.  Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statements:

Washington, DC – Today, 22 Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) met with President Barack Obama at the White House. The meeting covered immigration reform, increasing diversity among presidential appointments, improving language access in enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, and pressing issues impacting Native Hawaiians and the Pacific Island territories. Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statements folllowing the meeting:

Washington, DC – Today, 22 Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) met with President Barack Obama at the White House. The meeting covered immigration reform, increasing diversity among presidential appointments, improving language access in enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, and pressing issues impacting Native Hawaiians and Pacific Island Territories, including federal recognition for Native Hawaiian self governance and equitable funding and treatment for the territories.  

WASHINGTON, DC – Members of the Congressional Tri-Caucus – comprised of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) – joined House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to announce the “When Women Succeed, America Succeeds: An Economic Agenda for Women and Families” agenda. The agenda builds upon the accomplishments of the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women’s rights convention that addressed the status of women in social, economic, and political life.

Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform proposal by an overwhelming margin of 68 to 32. Congresswoman Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), released the following statement:

Washington DC—Today, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), known collectively as the Congressional Tri-Caucus, held a press conference on Capitol Hill to denounce House Republicans’ piecemeal approach to immigration reform. The press conference coincided with the House Judiciary Committee markup of the SKILLS Visa Act (H.R.

Washington, DC – Today, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statements on the United States Supreme Court's decision on Shelby County v. Holder:

Washington D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's decision in Fisher v. University of Texas-Austin:

“Today’s decision by the Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas preserves the principle that universities may continue to consider racial and ethnic diversity as one factor among many in their admissions policies.