immigration reform, why hasn t the latino american and asian american, similar situations, which ju hong was talking about, resonated with lawmakers and voters over the last year or so? well, i actually think that we are on the precipice of doing something about immigration reform. we ve finally done a budget deal, and now is the time to turn towards immigration reform. we put our hr-15, which is our comprehensive immigration bill in the house and we already have 194 sponsors, three of them are republicans. and we also know that 26 republicans have already stated that they support comprehensive immigration reform. so we believe that it can be done if a bill is put on the floor. as head of the caucus, do you see those who are watching this topic, though, congresswoman chu, as equating latino and asian americans together in this subject? no. i believe that the asian american story has not been