Press Releases

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. Department of Justice calling for a hearing and an investigation of the New York Police Department after the Associated Press revealed that the NYPD and CIA collaborated on efforts to spy on Muslim communities in the New York City area.

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 of American Muslim families in a Detroit suburb, as “propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda’s clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values.”

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. Departments of Justice and Education that supports voluntary efforts to promote diversity and reduce racial isolation in primary, secondary and postsecondary education:

Congresswoman Judy Chu, CAPAC Chairwoman

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 coincided with a hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement entitled, "Is Secure Communities Keeping Our Communities Secure?"

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. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security hearing on racial profiling, entitled “21st Century Law Enforcement: How Smart Policing Targets Criminal Behavior.”

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. Earlier today, the veterans were collectively awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor that Congress can bestow.