Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, in response to disparaging remarks made by D.C. Councilman Marion Barry against Asian American-owned businesses in his Ward, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton of Washington, D.C., issued these separate statements:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House passed Republican Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget proposal. The budget would repeal the Affordable Care Act, cutting off health insurance for millions of Americans, end the Medicare and Medicaid guarantees by turning them into voucher and block-grant programs, and gut millions of dollars from funding American jobs and education.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Miranda Du to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. She will be the first Asian Pacific American to serve as an Article III judge in Nevada and the sixteenth active Asian Pacific American Article III judge in the Federal Judiciary.
WASHINGTON, DC – One hundred and fourteen years ago, on March 28, 1898, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark affirming a bedrock American principle that every individual born on U.S. soil is an American citizen.
WASHINGTON, DC – Two years ago, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In the two years since the law went into effect, millions of individuals, including many Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) have benefited from expanded access to affordable health insurance and improved protections for consumers.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Department of Interior announced that the National Park Service will award 17 grants totaling nearly $2.9 million to preserve and interpret the confinement sites where over 120,000 Japanese Americans were detained during World War II.
Washington, DC: The Chairs of the Congressional Black, Hispanic, Asian Pacific American and Progressive Caucus released the following statements acknowledging the Department of Justice's investigation into the shooting death of unarmed 17 year old Trayvon Martin and urging them to pursue the matter as a federal hate crime:
WASHINGTON, DC –Today, The Chairs of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus condemned Chief Judge Richard Cebull of Montana for sending a racist email about President Obama.
WASHINGTON, DC – Tomorrow, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce will mark up the Student Success Act (H.R. 3989) and the Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act (H.R.
WASHINGTON, DC – February 19, 2012, marks the 70th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066, which led to the internment of over 120,000 individuals of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) and Congressional leaders have released the following statements to observe the Day of Remembrance: