Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. One more round of applause. [applause] if you look around you tonight, you will see poster board. Celebrating, acknowledging, the first Asian Americans. We have the first asianamerican actress in hollywood. The first asianamerican nba player. The first members of congress. These interns are the future of our community. They are the reason why we are here today. Were also here to celebrate and recognize one of the greatest members of our community. This year it is the first year we are giving the Lifetime Achievement award. The Lifetime Achievement award this year is going to secretary norman manetta. He is a trailblazer. A man who paved the way for many of us. He was the first asianamerican mayor of a major city. He was elected to congress 10 times. He was the first person to serve two president s in a cabinet. First as secretary of commerce to president clinton, secretary of transportation to president bush. It was on 9 11 that secretary mine
Milestones the api has made in the state of california and in the entire country. The caucus has a record of 42 members in the asian caucus in congress. One of their very first things we want to say is it was a young man who was the first member we want to make note of that. The reestablishment of the White House Initiative by president obama was another accomplishment. President obamas cabinets has dr. Steven chu. The very first asianamerican as ambassador to the republic of china. We have a lot of accomplishments. It was not that accident, my friends. Everyone of you know that you work hard. All these things are done on purpose. I want to let you know that we also can boast twice as many asianamericans on federal benches. Those of us to understand the impact of the Supreme Court and what it can do or on june, we know that having asianamericans on the federal bench is a line up for appointments to the Supreme Court. Thank you very much for this opportunity. I want to say that Silicon
Days of may as asianpacific heritage week. One year later, president jimmy carter signed into law a joint resolution to officially designate the annual celebration. 11 years later, president george bush extended the weeklong celebration to an entire month. You know and i know that our mothers say that every day is Asian Pacific american day. I want to recognize all of the milestones the api has made in the state of california and in the entire country. The caucus has a record of 42 members in the asian caucus in congress. One of their very first things we want to say is it was a young man who was the first member we want to make note of that. The reestablishment of the White House Initiative by president obama was another accomplishment. President obamas cabinets has dr. Steven chu. The very first asianamerican as ambassador to the republic of china. We have a lot of accomplishments. It was not that accident, my friends. Everyone of you know that you work hard. All these things are don
The very first asianamerican as ambassador to the republic of china. We have a lot of accomplishments. It was not that accident, my friends. Everyone of you know that you work hard. All these things are done on purpose. I want to let you know that we also can boast twice as many asianamericans on federal benches. Those of us to understand the impact of the Supreme Court and what it can do or on june, we know that having asianamericans on the federal bench is a line up for appointments to the Supreme Court. Thank you very much for this opportunity. I want to say that Silicon Valley is the birthplace of hightech. Silicon valley is the birthplace of norm. Five minutes . Thank you very much. [applause] thank you, congressmen. We would have extended the five minutes if we got a karaokes song. This event would have not been possible by the financial contributions of our sponsors. We want to thank chevron corp. , wells fargo, mcdonalds, academy of arts university, at t, southwest airlines. If
Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. One more round of applause. [applause] if you look around you tonight, you will see poster board. Celebrating, acknowledging, the first Asian Americans. We have the first asianamerican actress in hollywood. The first asianamerican nba player. The first members of congress. These interns are the future of our community. They are the reason why we are here today. Were also here to celebrate and recognize one of the greatest members of our community. This year it is the first year we are giving the Lifetime Achievement award. The Lifetime Achievement award this year is going to secretary norman manetta. He is a trailblazer. A man who paved the way for many of us. He was the first asianamerican mayor of a major city. He was elected to congress 10 times. He was the first person to serve two president s in a cabinet. First as secretary of commerce to president clinton, secretary of transportation to president bush. It was on 9 11 that secretary mine