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
Ok. That was really beautiful. We would like to welcome you to the third annual statewide celebration and recognition of asianPacific Islander American Heritage month. This event is hosted by the mayor. I will tell you a little bit more. It is a nonprofit, non partisan. Since 2001, our focus has been on educating the public on Public Policy. And fostering the future leaders from our minority communities to serve at federal, state, and local levels. The mission is to empower patients and Pacific Islander americans in civic and Public Affairs to education, active participation, and Leadership Development. Civic engagement, Leadership Development, and community servthe theme of tonights evens a celebration of the achievements and accomplishments of asianamericans in the state of california and our nation. Oking. Ok. I would like to introduce our host for this evening. Very well known as the first asianamerican mayor in San Francisco history. Mayor lee championed balancing the budget to ke
Maybe the state of california is the state of golden opportunities, where we have a chineseamerican mayor of San Francisco. 35 years ago, Congress Members passed similar resolutions in both house and the senate to formally recognize the first 10 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. Presid
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 Valley is the birthplace of hightech. Silicon valley is the birthplace of norm. Five minutes . Thank you very much. [applause] thank you, congressmen. We