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August 22, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs, and Rep. Young Kim (R-CA), along with U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) announced today that they wrote a bipartisan letter to President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the administration to prioritize the reunification of Korean American families with their relatives in North Korea.


August 15, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Reps. Judy Chu (CA-28), Grace Meng (NY-06), and Juan Vargas (CA-52) led 58 of their colleagues in a letter to the Trump administration demanding answers regarding its rollback of language access across federal agencies.


July 21, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the leadership of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) issued a joint statement condemning the Department of Justice’s new memorandum that slashes access to multilingual government services: 

“Everyone deserves full and equal access to federal programs, no matter what language they speak. Yet President Trump is determined to strip multilingual services away from millions of immigrants and people with limited English proficiency under the guise of ‘national unity.’ 


July 18, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06) issued the following statement after House Republicans passed President Trump's rescissions package: 


July 17, 2025

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)—issued a joint statement today following a House Homeland Security hearing targeting over 200 nonprofit organizations:  


July 15, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, 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)—led a letter urging Senate leadership to reject President Trump’s rescissions package that includes over $1 billion in cuts for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). 


July 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the leadership of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) issued a statement in response to hateful comments from Republican Members of Congress: 

 “In recent weeks, Republican Members of Congress have spewed racist, Islamophobic, and xenophobic rhetoric against prominent Muslim American officials. This includes calling their fellow colleague a ‘Muslim terrorist’ and advocating for the denaturalization and deportation of a U.S. citizen.