March 25, 2014

Leaders of 9 More Ethnic/Minority/Nationality House Caucuses Now Back American People Museum; Total is 33

Leaders of nine ethnic, nationality and minority House caucuses have become cosponsors in recent weeks of a resolution backing the proposed National Museum of the American People.

The new sponsors include Reps. Eliot Engel, D-NY, who leads Irish, Latino-Jewish, Albanian and Israel Allies caucuses; Yvette Clark, D-NY, Vice Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus; Pedro Pierluisi, D-PR, of the Friends of Spain caucus, and Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX, a leader of the Pakistan, Afghan and Algerian caucuses. With these additions, leaders of 33 different ethnic caucuses support this project.

"The museum, about the making of the American People, will tell the immigration and migration stories of every ethnic, nationality and minority group in the nation from the prehistoric period through today," said Sam Eskenazi, director of the Coalition for the National Museum of the American People. The coalition is composed of more than 150 ethnic and minority organizations representing the full spectrum of Americans.

"This is one of the most amazing stories in human history about people from every part of our globe creating this nation. Our coalition vows to make this the best story-telling museum in the world," Eskenazi said.

The coalition is simply seeking a bipartisan commission to study establishment of the museum. No federal funding is being sought to plan, build or operate the museum.

Among the other bipartisan House caucuses whose leaders are cosponsors of the museum's resolution include those for Scots, Native Americans, Italians, Blacks, Polish, Germans, Greeks, Czechs, Vietnamese, English, Turks, Norwegians, Portuguese, Koreans, Taiwanese and several Arabic nationalities as well as the bipartisan leaders of the History and the Humanities caucuses.

More information about the NMAP is at www.nmap2015.com.

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Leaders of 33 Ethnic/Minority/Nationality Caucuses Are Cosponsors

Jim Moran, D-VA – Lead

Congressional Friends of Scotland Caucus

  • John Duncan, R-TN, Co-chair
  • Mike McIntyre, D-NC, Co-chair

    • Congressional Native American Caucus

  • Tom Cole, R-OK, Co-chair
  • Betty McCollum, D-MN, Co-chair

    • Italian American Congressional Delegation

  • Pat Tiberi, R-OH, Co-chair
  • Bill Pascrell, D-NJ, Co-chair

    • Congressional Ukrainian Caucus

  • Jim Gerlach, R-PA, Co-chair
  • Marcy Kaptur, D-OH, Co-chair

    • Congressional Caucus on Poland

  • Daniel Lipinski, D-IL, Co-chair
  • Marcy Kaptur, D-OH, Co-chair

    • Congressional Black Caucus

  • Yvette Clark, D-NY, 2nd Vice Chair

    • German-American Caucus

  • Jim Gerlach, R-PA, Co-chair

    • Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues

  • Carolyn Maloney, D-NY, Co-chair

    • Congressional Caucus on Vietnam

  • Frank Wolf, R-VA, Co-chair

    • Congressional Caucus on Central and Eastern Europe

  • Daniel Lipinski, D-IL, Chair

    • Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys

  • Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-DC, Co-chair

    • Congressional Czech Caucus

  • Daniel Lipinski, D-IL, Co-chair

    • Congressional United Kingdom Caucus

  • Mike McIntyre, D-NC, Co-chair

    • Congressional Caucus on U.S. Turkish Relations and Turkish Americans

  • Gerald Connolly, D-VA, Co-chair
  • Steve Cohen, D-TN, Co-chair

    • Friends of Norway Caucus

  • Betty McCollum, D-MN, Co-chair

    • Congressional Friends of Spain Caucus

  • Pedro Pierluisi, D-PR, Co-chair

    • Congressional Portuguese Caucus

  • David Cicilline, D-RI, Co-chair

    • Latino-Jewish Congressional Caucus

  • Eliot Engel, D-NY, Co-chair

    • Ad Hoc Congressional Committee for Irish Affairs

  • Eliot Engel, D-NY, Co-chair

    • Congressional Caucus on Korea

  • Gerald Connolly, D-VA, Co-chair

    • Congressional Caucus on Central Asia

  • Eni Faleomavaega, D-AS, Co-chair

    • Congressional Algerian Caucus

  • Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX, Chair

    • Democratic Israel Working Group

  • Alcee Hastings, D-FL, Co-chair

    • Congressional Taiwan Caucus

  • Gerald Connolly, D-VA, Co-chair

    • Congressional Pakistan Caucus

  • Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX, Chair

    • Congressional Georgia Caucus

  • Allyson Schwartz, D-PA, Co-chair

    • Friends of Jordan Caucus

  • Alcee Hastings, D-FL, Co-chair

    • Tunisia Caucus

  • Alcee Hastings, D-FL, Co-chair

    • Congressional Moldova Caucus

  • David Price, D-NC, Co-chair

    • Congressional Afghan Caucus

  • Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX, Co-chair

    • Congressional Albanian Issues Caucus

  • Eliot Engel, D-NY, Co-chair

    • Israel Allies Caucus

  • Eliot Engel, D-NY, Co-chair

    • Sudan Caucus

  • Frank Wolf, R-VA, Co-chair