Press Releases

Washington, D.C. — Today CAPAC Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) and CAPAC Education Task Force Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-41) introduced a resolution recognizing September 27– October 3, 2021 as Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) Week. This week commemorates the achievements and goals of AANAPISIs and their work to provide quality educational opportunities to Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) students.

Washington, D.C. — Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) sent a letter today to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship calling for a swift confirmation of Dilawar Syed, President Biden’s nominee to serve as Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. But since June 16, three different attempts to consider Mr. Syed’s nomination have been blocked by individual Senators who have targeted Mr.

Washington, D.C. — In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) issued the following statements:

Washington, D.C. — On Thursday, US District Judge Thomas Varlan rejected a US Department of Justice request for a retrial and acquitted Dr. Anming Hu following a mistrial in which FBI agents admitted under oath to knowingly building a case on falsified evidence. Tried as part of the problematic “China Initiative,” which presumes Chinese scientists and researchers to be possible spies based only on ethnicity, Dr.

Washington, D.C. — Today, amid rising anti-Asian violence and xenophobia, the Commerce Department announced that they would be eliminating the Investigations and Threat Management Service (ITMS), a little-known, rogue unit at the Department of Commerce that has been, without authorization, investigating Chinese and Middle Eastern employees based only on their ethnicity. Earlier this year, CAPAC Chair Rep.

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released an unclassified summary of the Intelligence Community assessment on the origins of the COVID-19 virus.

Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, the U.S.

Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, introduced by Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-07). This bill protects voters from discrimination by restoring key protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) which were gutted by the Supreme Court in the 2013 Shelby County v. Holder decision and the 2021 Brnovich v. DNC decision.