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U.S. Rep. Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park) said racial profiling is getting worse. She said she is constantly fighting what she called anti-Chinese legislation, including a current effort to essentially prevent transit agencies from using public funds on rail cars or buses from companies owned, controlled or subsidized by the Chinese government.
"The drug companies spend more on advertising than they do on research and development, and they sell these drugs in other countries and still are able to make a profit," Rep. Chu said. "Certainly, the research can continue."
"I was completely dismayed by the lack of clarity on the waiver process," Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.,) who introduced a bill this year to overturn the restrictions, said in an interview. "It seemed to me that these bureaucrats could give no clarity on how it is supposed to work and why it isn't working."
Tuesday's hearing will highlight the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act ― also known as the No Ban Act ― a bill introduced by Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) earlier this year that would end the Muslim ban and restrict future presidents from enacting similar bans.
U.S. Rep. Judy Chu, a California Democrat who called for a hearing slated for Friday on the issue, says the administration needs to reverse the decision entirely.
"There can be no other explanation for why you would target such a small and vulnerable community other than if your goal was to spread fear and hardship," Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., said.
"This is all in character for an administration that is separating families and abusing children in prison camps at the border," Chu added.
Public Citizen is part of a large coalition of workers, advocates and labor groups that are backing legislation to better protect workers from heat, which was introduced by Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., in July.
The good news: Congress is finally considering legislation that will help end the national opioid crisis. The bad news: All they're doing is considering it.
Southern California Rep. Judy Chu and other lawmakers denounced President Trump's characterization of family-based immigration as "chain migration" during a press conference Tuesday in Washington, D.C., opening another front in the battle over immigration reform.