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L.A. Democratic Congresswoman Judy Chu called on President Joe Biden to commit to stopping anti-Asian hate crimes during his first address to a joint session of Congress, which will take place Wednesday evening.
Chu, whose district spans much of the western San Gabriel Valley and Pasadena, is among a bipartisan group of lawmakers who earlier this month introduced the No Hate Act, a bill that would provide resources to law enforcement to improve hate crimes reporting, tracking and enforcement.
The bill passed the Senate, and is expected to be taken up by the House in May.
The White House
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve in national security positions.
Frank Kendall, Nominee for Secretary of the Air Force, Department of Defense
Thomas A. Monheim, Nominee for Inspector General of the Intelligence Community
Gina Ortiz Jones, Nominee for Under Secretary of the Air Force, Department of Defense
Meredith Berger, Nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment, Department of Defense
Michael Connor, Nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Department of Defense
Ed Gonzalez, Nominee for Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security
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Kiran Ahuja from her days as Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Kiran Ahuja, President Joe Biden s nominee to lead the Office of Personnel Management, talked IT modernization and retirement processing backlogs during her nomination hearing April 22 before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.
Ahuja is familiar with the challenges facing OPM. She was the agency s chief of staff during the fallout from the devastating 2015 hack of personnel records. She told lawmakers that IT modernization would be a priority.
She also spoke to OPM s role in the effort to improve the morale of the federal workforce and to take the lead on governmentwide human capital management and addressing critical skills gaps.
Anti-Asian Violence and Efforts to Combat It Anti-Asian Violence and Efforts to Combat It
“For far too long our culture has belittled, fetishized, and dehumanized API women, especially poorer, southeast Asian women…I am urging President Biden, Congress, and every state and local official to work diligently to address [the] ongoing violence against the API community, work diligently to end human trafficking, prioritize the end of sexual violence against women, and help heal racial divides in our country.” Oakland Councilmember Sheng Thao
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, hate crimes against Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities have risen by at least 150 percent, according to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University. The crimes have included attacks on some of the most vulnerable citizens, such as the elderly and the poor. Xenophobic rhetoric connecting the pandemic to those who are AAPI is one of th