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May 6, 2015
In response to alleged misuse of the H-1B guest worker program to replace American workers by Southern California Edison Reps. Judy Chu (CA-27), Linda Sánchez (CA-38), and Adam Schiff (CA-28) sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, and Attorney General Loretta Lynch calling for an investigation into these practices.
May 4, 2015
In March, the Army Times reported allegations of a practice in which soldiers in a given battalion were given a “free pass” to use racial slurs. In response, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Rep. G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), and Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Linda Sánchez (CA-38) sent a letter to U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter calling on the Department of Defense to end long-standing and continued instances of racial hazing within the military.
Issues:Military Hazing
May 4, 2015
The members of Congress who wrote the letter to Carter include Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., whose nephew Lance Cpl. Harry Lew killed himself in Afghanistan in April 2011 after hours of alleged abuse by his fellow Marines, who were angry with him for falling asleep multiple times while he was on watch.
Issues:Military Hazing
May 1, 2015
Today marks the start of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which commemorates the history, contributions, and achievements of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community throughout the month of May.
Issues:My Caucuses
April 30, 2015
Today, the House Judiciary Committee passed the USA Freedom Act, which ends the bulk collection of information under section 215 of the PATRIOT Act, the FISA pen register authority and national security letter statutes.
Issues:Civil and Voting Rights
April 30, 2015
Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) reintroduced the Equal Access to Quality Education Act.
April 29, 2015
Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.), the head of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, echoed the disappointment, accusing Abe of ignoring "Japan's responsibility for this particularly troubling and painful chapter."
April 29, 2015
Today, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe became the first Japanese Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of Congress. Prior to his address, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) urged Prime Minister Abe to acknowledge Japan’s role in forcing women known as “comfort women” into sex slavery during World War II.
Issues:My Caucuses
April 27, 2015
Today, Rep. Judy Chu released the following statement on Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal.
April 24, 2015
On this day in 1915, the Ottoman government rounded up Armenian intellectual and cultural leaders, starting a mass killing of 1.5 million Armenians in what would become known as the Armenian Genocide.