Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06) joined 74 of her colleagues in calling on Secretary Marco Rubio and Secretary Kristi Noem to reverse course on their decision to indefinitely halt immigrant visa processing for 75 countries.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the leadership of the Congressional Reproductive Freedom Caucus (RFC), Congressional Equality Caucus (CEC), Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Congressional Asian and Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) released the following joint statement in response to the Trump administration’s unprecedented expansion of the Mexico City Policy, or Global Gag Rule:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), Chair Emerita Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28), and CAPAC members Rep. Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Rep.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thursday, January 22, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Grace Meng (NY-06), Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Mark Takano (CA-39), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the ninth episode of its “Spill the Tea with Chair Meng” video series with Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), who is the first Asian American woman from Hawaiʻi and the only immigrant currently serving in the U.S. Senate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), Chair Emerita Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28), and CAPAC member Rep. Sam Liccardo (CA-16) issued a joint statement to mark three years since the Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay mass shootings.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), applauded the House passage of a Democrat-led bill to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years. The legislation was taken up after 218 Members of Congress—including every single House Democrat and four House Republicans—signed onto a discharge petition, forcing a vote on the House floor. The bill will now head to the Senate for consideration.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Chairs of the Congressional Tri-Caucus—Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Rep. Yvette Clarke (NY-09), and Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13)—along with Congressional Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-05), released the following joint statement today in response to the deadly shooting by ICE agents in Minneapolis.