Chairman's Message

HONDA INTRODUCES RESOLUTION HONORING "AMERICAN GODDESS OF MERCY" Minnie Vautrin Risked Life Confronting Japanese Occupation of China
9/27/2006
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Mike Honda (CA-15) introduced a resolution before the U.S. House of Representatives honoring the life of Minnie Vautrin, an American missionary who courageously, and at the risk of her own life, stood against the Japanese imperial army during its infamous 1937 Rape of Nanking, China in defense of innocent civilians. The resolution’s text follows:

Republican Immigration Hearings Ignore Real Issues Waste of Taxpayer Dollars
9/13/2006
Washington, DC – Today, members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)  issued the following statement on a report issued yesterday on Republican immigration field hearings held over the summer:

Asian Pacific American Caucus Condemns Rep. Peter King's Endorsement of Ethnic Profiling
8/18/2006
Washington, DC – The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)) condemned House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King’s ethnic profiling proposal at airport check points.  Rep. King recently stated that people of "Middle Eastern and South Asian" descent [should] undergo additional security checks because of their ethnicity and religion.

Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair on Pulling of Voting Rights Act Universal Suffrage Must not Become Partisan Issue
6/21/2006
Today, Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC),  issued the following statement on the decision to pull reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act from today’s legislative calendar:

CONGRESSMEMBERS MARK ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH Address House Floor on Immigration, Voting Rights, Katrina, Other Community Issues
5/9/2006