Other Priorities

Pass the Expression of Regret for the Chinese Exclusion Act

  • Pass H.Res. 282, expressing the regret of the House of Representatives for the passage of discriminatory laws against the Chinese in the United States, including the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which restricted the immigration of Chinese and Asian people to the United States.

 

Support Federal Recognition for Native Hawaiians

  • Support legislation that provides Native Hawaiians with the same right to self-determination and self-governance that are afforded to other indigenous peoples and provides a structured process to address the longstanding issues resulting from the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

 

Support Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act

  • Support legislation to recognize the suffering and loyalty of the people of Guam during its occupation by the Japanese during World War II.

 

Support Equitable Treatment for the Territories

  • Support legislation to provide for American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas to be treated as states for certain criminal justice programs. 
  • Support legislation to provide for the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands to be treated as States under the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program. 
  • Support equitable distribution of nutrition programs and assistance to small agricultural producers. 

 

Veterans Issues

  • Support a National Cemetery Burial bill to recognize all who served for the Kingdom of Laos under the Royal Lao Armed Forces, during the Secret War in Laos and the Vietnam War. 
  • Honor U.S.-Allied Southeast Asian veterans who sacrificed to defend democracy as allies with the U.S. and work to secure VA benefits for veterans who fought alongside U.S. forces during the Vietnam War era in Southeast Asia.
  • Support the Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2011 (H.R. 210), a bill that would deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

 

Promote AAPI Census Count

  • Support Language Access Guides, similar to those provided for the 2010 Census for AAPI languages for the American Community Survey.
  • Work with the National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, and Other Populations to outline proposals for improving the AAPI count in Census 2020. 
  • Support the expansion of the American Community Survey to the territories.
  • Advocate for adequate funding for the Census Bureau during budget and appropriations processes.
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