The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus is a United States congressional caucus consisting of members of Congress who are Asian Pacific American and have a strong interest in promoting issues
Representative Patsy Mink announces the formation of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus at a press conference with (left to right) Representatives Don Edwards and Norman Mineta, Guam Delegate Robert Underwood, and Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Neil Abercrombie
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Norman Yoshio Mineta was an American politician and U.S. Army officer who served as a Cabinet secretary in the administrations of President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, and George W. Bush, a Republican.
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
…American (AAPI) and have a strong interest in promoting issues concerning the AAPI community. CAPAC was founded on May 16, 1994, by then-Representative Norman Mineta. While CAPAC describes itself as nonpartisan, all of its current members are Democrats, though some past members (such as Joseph Cao from Louisiana…
Official portrait, c. 2001
Heart Mountain Relocation Center, the concentration camp near Cody, Wyoming where Mineta's family were incarcerated, along with 10,000 other American citizens of Japanese heritage.
San José International Airport now named after Mineta
Mineta in 2009