Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Congresswoman Mazie Hirono (HI-2), Chair of CAPAC’s Education Taskforce, issued the following statements on new guidance by the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Congressman Mike Honda (CA-15), CAPAC Immigration Taskforce Chair, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano expressing CAPAC’s concern over Secure Communities and urging the Secretary to immediately end the program. The letter coi
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), released the following statement on President Obama’s nomination of John Z. Lee for the District Court of the Northern District of Illinois:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressman Al Green, Chair of CAPAC’s Housing Taskforce, and Congressman Cedric Richmond of Louisiana’s 2nd District released the following statements after a recent townhall with Asian American fisherfolk in the Gulf Coast who were impacted by the BP oil spill:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) and Congressman Bobby Scott, CAPAC Civil Rights Taskforce Chair, released the following statements in response to the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) issued the following statements honoring Japanese-American veterans of the U.S. Army’s 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Military Intelligence Service for their dedicated service during World War II.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee, CAPAC Health Care Taskforce Chair, released the following statements in response to the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statements celebrating the two year anniversary of the reauthorization of the White House Initiative and President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders:
WASHINGTON, DC – Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) and Secretary Janet Napolitano of the Department of Homeland Security released the following statements on their recent meeting to discuss issues of critical concern to the Asian American and Pacific Islander community:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), commended California Governor Jerry Brown for signing Assembly Bill 1088 into the law. The new legislation requires specific state agencies to revise existing demographic categories to include additional separate categories for various Asian and Pacific Islander subgroups.