[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H827]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            CELEBRATING ALLYSHIP OF BLACK AND AAPI COMMUNITY

  (Ms. STRICKLAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. STRICKLAND. Mr. Speaker, I have the distinct honor of being the 
only Black and Korean person serving in the U.S. House of 
Representatives.
  As I stand with my colleagues from CAPAC in recognition of Black 
History Month, I celebrate the long history and importance of allyship 
in the Black and AAPI community.
  From when Frederick Douglass denounced the Chinese Exclusion Act in 
1869 to Jesse Jackson taking a stand and taking time away from his 
Presidential campaign to protest the murder of Vincent Chin to when 
AAPI groups stood with the Black community after the murder of George 
Floyd, today we continue that fight.
  As the Republican majority seeks to cut Medicaid, which 11 million 
Black and 4.5 million AAPI Americans rely on, we know that we have a 
lot in common, and when we work together, we can be powerful and strong 
and use our voices.
  On cutting SNAP food assistance, 30 percent of recipients are Black 
or AAPI. We must continue to stand together to use our voices, to use 
our political power, and to show up.
  As this administration seeks to attack the civil rights that our 
ancestors fought for, we must let everyone know that the Black 
experience and the Asian American experience are indeed the American 
experience.

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