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Parent topics

• U.S. Congressional Caucuses [r]: Voluntary, issue-oriented associations of members of Congress, not supported by public funds ^[e]
• Identity politics [r]: Definition of political action not based on ideology, but on shared ethnicity, religion, or other grouping that often is perceived to reflect a common experience of oppression ^[e]

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Members

Executive board

• Mike Honda [r]: Congressional Progressive Caucus; U.S. Representative (D-California (U.S. state)); vice chair, Democratic National Committee; opposed 2002 Iraq War resolution; Congressional Caucus on Bosnia; Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus; Congressional Native American Caucus ^[e]
• Eni Faleomavaega [r]: Delegate, U.S. House of Representatives (D-American Samoa); House Foreign Affairs Committee; Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus; Congressional Native American Caucus ^[e] U.S. House of Representatives delegate from American Samoa Vice Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
• Madeleine Bordallo [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Guam), U.S. House Armed Services Committee; Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus ^[e] Secretary, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
• Daniel Akaka [r]: U.S. Senator (D-Hawaii (U.S. state)); Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Senate Armed Services Committee; Executive board, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus ^[e]
• Daniel Inouye [r]: U.S. Senator (D-Hawaii (U.S. state)); Medal of Honor recipient for WWII service with 442nd Regimental Combat Team; Executive board, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus ^[e]
• Neil Abercrombie [r]: U.S House of Representatives (D-Hawaii (U.S. state)) but resigned to campaign for Governor of Hawaii; U.S. House Armed Services Committee; voted against Iraq War authorization; Out of Iraq Caucus; Executive board, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus; Congressional Rural Healthcare Coalition; Congressional Progressive Caucus ^[e]
• Xavier Becerra [r]: Add brief definition or description Executive board, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
• Anh Cao [r]: Called "Joseph", U.S. Representative (R-Louisiana), U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; sole House Republican to vote for H.R. 3962 healthcare bill; executive committee, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; Executive board, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus ^[e]
• Judy Chu [r]: U.S. Representative (D-California (U.S. state)) 32nd; House Judiciary Committee; House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; House Committee on Education and Labor; Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus; Congressional Progressive Caucus ^[e] Executive board, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
• Al Green [r]: Add brief definition or description Executive board, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

Representative Green has represented Texas’ 9th Congressional District, which spans the southwest metropolitan portion of the city of Houston and contains areas Missouri City, since 2007. Congressman Green is a member of the Committee on Financial Services and its Subcommittees on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit and Housing and Community Opportunity. He is also a member of the Committee on Homeland Security with posts to its Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism and Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, Science and Technology. Additionally, Congressman Green is the Chair of CAPAC’s Housing Task Force.

• Mazie Hirono [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Hawaii (U.S. state)), U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor; Vice Chair, Congressional Progressive Caucus; Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus ^[e]

Representative Hirono has represented Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District, comprised of north and west sections of the island of O‘ahu, and the islands of Hawai‘i, Kaua‘i, Lana‘i, Maui, Molokai, Kaho‘olawe, and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, since 2007. Congresswoman Hirono is a member of the Committee on Education and Labor, its Subcommittees on Early, Elementary & Secondary Education and Higher Education and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and its Subcommittees on Aviation, Highways & Transit and Water Resources & Environment. She is also on the Committee on Small Business.

• Doris Matsui [r]: U.S. Representative (D-California (U.S. state)); Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus; 0% "true liberal" 2008 rating from American Conservative Union ^[e]

Representative Matsui has represented California’s 5th Congressional District, which spans Sacramento and its surrounding areas, since 2007. She is a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and sits on its Subcommittees on Energy and the Environment; Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection; and Communications, Technology, and the Internet. Congresswoman Matsui also serves on the Committee on Rules.

• Gregorio Camacho Sablan [r]: Add brief definition or description Northern Mariana Islanders since the beginning of the 111th Congress. He is a member of the Committee on Education and Labor and sits on its Subcommittees on Early Childhood, Elementary & Secondary Education, and Workforce Protections. Rep. Sablan also serves on the Committee on Natural Resources, and sits on its Subcommittees on Insular Affairs,}} Oceans and Wildlife, and Energy and Mineral Resources.
• Robert "Bobby" Scott [r]: U.S. Representative, (D-Virginia), U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor; House Judiciary Committee ^[e]

Representative Scott has represented Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District, comprised of Richmond and parts of Norfolk, Hampton and Newport News, since 1993. Congressman Scott serves on the Committee on the Judiciary, where he is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. He also serves on the Committee on Education and Labor, with posts to its Subcommittees on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education and Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. He also serves on the Committee on the Budget. Additionally, he is the Chair of the CAPAC’s Civil Rights Task Force.

• David Wu [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Oregon), U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor; Member, New Democrat Coalition; Congressional Internet Caucus ^[e]

Representative Wu has represented Oregon’s 1st District, spanning Portland to the Oregon Coast, encompassing all of Washington, Yamhill, Columbia, and Clatsop counties, and part of Multnomah County, since 1997. Congressman Wu serves on the Committee on Education and Labor, with postings to its Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions and Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. He also serves on the Committee on Science and Technology and chairs its Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. He is also a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Congressman Wu is the Chair of CAPAC’s Education Task Force.

Associate Members

• Gerald Connolly [r]: Add brief definition or description (VA-11) Associate member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
• Joseph Crowley [r]: Chair, New Democrat Coalition; Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, (D-New York); Congressional Indian Caucus; Associate member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus; Congressional Internet Caucus ^[e]
• Bob Filner [r]: Add brief definition or description (CA-51) Associate member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
• Raul Grijalva [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Barbara Lee [r]: Add brief definition or description (CA-09) Associate member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
• Zoe Lofgren [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Betty McCollum [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Jerry McNerney [r]: Add brief definition or description (CA-11) Associate member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
• Laura Richardson [r]: Add brief definition or description (CA-37) Associate member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
• Lucille Roybal-Allard [r]: Add brief definition or description(CA-34)
• Janice Schakowsky [r]: Add brief definition or description (IL-09) Associate member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
• Jackie Speier [r]: Add brief definition or description}} (CA-12) Associate member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
• Pete Stark [r]: Add brief definition or description (CA-13) Associate member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
• Lynn Woolsey [r]: Add brief definition or description