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October 22, 2024

Chairs Chu, Barragan, & Horsford offer the Tri-Caucus’ milestone Health Equity and Accountability Act as alternate, positive path forward


October 9, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) welcomes Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) as a newly confirmed Associate Member for the 118th Congress, bringing the total membership of the Caucus to 80 Members of the U.S. House and Senate.

CAPAC Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) and Rep. Kamlager-Dove issued the following statements:


October 1, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28), First Vice-Chair Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), and Executive Member Sen.


October 1, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) celebrate the start of Filipino American History Month, which recognizes the cultural and historical contributions made by Filipino American communities nationwide throughout the month of October. This month commemorates the first recorded arrival of Filipinos in the continental United States on October 18, 1587, at what is now Morro Bay, California.


September 30, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Chairs of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), New Democrat Coalition, and Congressional Dads Caucus joined together to call attention to the ongoing child care crisis as the remaining child care funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) expires today.


September 25, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) joined Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09),  and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Rep. Steven Horsford (NV-04), and Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep.


September 24, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  Today, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) and Executive Member Sen.


September 23, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) recognize the start of Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) Week, from September 23 – September 29, 2024.


September 17, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today marks National Voter Registration Day, a nonpartisan day encouraging all eligible Americans, including Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities, to register to vote.

CAPAC Members released the following statements:


September 11, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 1398, Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 2024, a bill to reinstate the Trump-era China Initiative program, and H.R. 9456, Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024, a bill to require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to review agricultural land purchases solely by immigrants from China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran.