Skip to main content

Press Releases

January 23, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), released the following statement applauding Senator Charles Schumer’s (D-NY) decision to recommend Ms. Lorna Schofield to the White House as a potential nominee for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York:


January 23, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – In honor of the Lunar New Year and to welcome in the Year of the Dragon, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) and Congressional leaders released the following statements:


January 12, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, exactly 109 years after the first Korean immigrants arrived in the United States, members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statements to commemorate January 13th as Korean American Day:


January 10, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, following President Obama’s appointment of Cecilia Muñoz as White House Director of the Domestic Policy Council, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, issued the following statement:


January 6, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Congressman Mike Honda, Chair of CAPAC’s Immigration Taskforce, commended the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on its announcement that the agency is considering regulatory changes that will reduce the time that U.S.


January 6, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Congressman Mike Honda, CAPAC Chair Emeritus, released the following statements in response to the passing of Gordon Hirabayashi. 


January 6, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), commended President Obama for appointing Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Cordray is the first official director of the Bureau since its inception last year.


December 20, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressman Bobby Scott, CAPAC Civil Rights Taskforce Chair, and Congressman Mike Honda, CAPAC Chair Emeritus, released the following statements regarding a letter they sent to the House Judiciary Committee and the U.S.


December 12, 2011

Washington, D.C.—Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), released the following statement in response to a decision by Lowe’s Home Improvement to pull advertising from TLC’s new reality show, “All-American Muslim.” The decision was made after a Florida-based conservative advocacy group accused the show, which chronicles the lives