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California GOP Leaders Push Newsom Recall And Tout Congressional Wins At State Republican Convention
The California Republican Party held its Spring Organizing Convention over the weekend, projecting an optimism bolstered by the current effort to recall Governor Gavin Newsom and recent...
Harvard professor urged to offer apology for ‘comfort women’ claims
A controversy surrounding a Harvard professor who wrote a journal article depicting victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery as voluntary prostitutes continues to escalate, with scholars,...
Revived bill could help Korean Americans reunite with North Korean relatives for first time since the war
When Kyui Bok Yoo fell in love with a young man and followed him to southern Korea in the early 1940s, she couldn’t have dreamed that the Korean peninsula would soon be bitterly divided — or that...
Science Committee Republicans Request Hearing on Reopening Schools
Ranking Member Frank Lucas led Republicans on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee in a letter to Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today requesting that the Committee hold a hearing on...
McCarthy, California GOP Holding Biden and Newsom Administrations Accountable on Energy
Today, Congressman Kevin McCarthy led a meeting with the California Republican Congressional Delegation – made up of Representatives Ken Calvert (CA-42), Mike Garcia (CA-25), Darrell Issa (CA-50),...
Assembly Welcomes Bipartisan Letter to Administration In Support of Armenia & Artsakh
Today, the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) welcomed a bipartisan letter signed by 101 Members of Congress to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd...
100 Representatives Urge Biden Administration to Support Armenia and Artsakh
The Armenian Council of America (ACA) welcomed a bipartisan Armenian Caucus letter signed by 100 Members of Congress encouraging the new Biden-Harris Administration (Secretary of State...
US bill supports WHO observer status for Taiwan
Nearly 40 members of the US House of Representatives on Thursday led a bipartisan effort to back Taiwan’s bid for observer status in the WHO.After the US rejoined the WHO following US President Joe...
Bills Introduced In US Congress To Counter Growing Chinese Influence
Several top US Republican lawmakers have introduced more than a dozen bills in Congress to counter the growing Chinese influence in the country and to protect America’s critical infrastructure. The...
Democratic Asian-American lawmakers to form second group that will include Republicans
The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) is branching out to welcome House Republicans into a new bipartisan group, a shakeup that reflects the historic diversity of...
Congress must unite to help local governments, businesses and families: Young Kim
With the debate to provide COVID-19 relief well underway, congressional leadership from both sides of the aisle should come together to provide targeted relief directly to local communities so...
Immigrants and children of immigrants make up at least 14% of the 117th Congress
Immigrants and the children of immigrants account for a small but growing share of lawmakers on Capitol Hill. At least 76 (14%) of the voting members of the 117th Congress are foreign born or have...
Californians Deserve Answers About Newsom Vaccine Distribution Plan
Today, Congressman Kevin McCarthy and Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-39) led Members of the California Republican Congressional Delegation in a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom expressing...
McCarthy, California Republicans call out Newsom over vaccine rollout: ‘We fear more Californians may die’
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Young Kim led the GOP California members of Congress in demanding answers from Gov. Gavin Newsom on the "failures"...
Korean American politician slams professor for claims on comfort women
A Korean American politician in the U.S. has publicly rejected claims regarding the wartime sex slavery which were made by J. Mark Ramseyer, Mitsubishi professor of Japanese legal studies at Harvard...
Young Kim condemns comfort women distortion professor’, hidden contributor to comfort women resolution
Korean congressman Young Kim, who publicly criticized Harvard Law School professor Ramsey, who wrote a dissertation that distorted the comfort women victims into 'prostitutes', called for the...
Bill Would Bring Rapid Testing, PPE To Small Businesses
Lawmakers have introduced a bill that would help to deliver personal protective equipment (PPE) and rapid testing materials to small businesses and local governments.Rep. Young Kim (R-California)...
Rep. Garcia Calls on Governor Newsom to Investigate EDD Processing Fraudulent Unemployment Claims
Today, Representative Mike Garcia (CA-25), Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23), Representatives Michelle Steel (CA-48), and eight other California lawmakers sent a letter to California Governor...
Rep. Susie Lee, Problem Solvers Caucus Call for an Immediate Vote on a $160 Billion Vaccine Distribution Package, as Broader Bipartisan Talks & Reconciliation Process Continue
WASHINGTON — Today, the 56 member House Problem Solvers Caucus called for an immediate vote on the $160 billion “Defeating COVID-19” vaccine distribution package, as the broader bipartisan talks and...
Here’s what local House members are doing, so far, in the legislative fight against COVID-19
Last year, when the people who now represent Orange County in Congress were on the campaign trail, all seven said getting coronavirus relief would be a top priority during their first days in...