My Caucuses

Washington, DC — Today, Reps. Judy Chu (CA-27) and Drew Ferguson (GA-03) announced the re-launch of the Creative Rights Caucus (CRC) with Reps. Chu and Ferguson serving as co-chairs. The CRC co-chairs issued the following statements:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Jamie Raskin, Chair of the Oversight Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Representative Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), held a roundtableentitled "Researching while Chinese American: Ethnic Profiling, Chinese American Scientists and a New American Brain Drain."

Washington, D.C – Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) reintroduced the Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act, which would curb mental health stigma in the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.

Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 364-62 to pass the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act introduced by Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06). The bill, which passed the Senate by a vote of 94-1 in April, will help to address the alarming surge in anti-Asian violence that has occurred throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by improving hate crime tracking and reporting and providing resources to victims of hate crimes.

Washington, D.C – Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) introduced the first congressional resolution to recognize May 10^th as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day. May 10th has been recognized as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Mental Health Day in the State of California since 2010, but is not a federally recognized day yet.

Washington, D.C. – Today, President Biden gave an address to a joint session of Congress detailing his plans to end the coronavirus pandemic, rebuild our economy, improve our immigration system, and more. During the speech, the President also addressed what his Administration is doing to help combat anti-Asian hate crimes, including the President's support for the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act introduced by Rep. Grace Meng and Sen. Mazie Hirono which includes the text of the NO HATE Act introduced by Rep. Judy Chu.

Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 94-1 to pass the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act introduced by Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06). The bill will help to address the alarming surge in anti-Asian violence that has occurred throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by improving hate crime tracking and reporting and providing additional resources to state and local law enforcement.

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) released the following statement to welcome the Lunar New Year, which begins on February 12, 2021 and marks the Year of the Ox: