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“Don’t Mess With Us”, Young Kim and Michelle Steel Speak Out About Rising Violence Against Asian Americans

(CNN) Reps. Young Kim and Michelle Steel never imagined that the first time they would testify before Congress as new lawmakers it would be to call out hate against their community. But the California Republicans eagerly joined other Asian American lawmakers as witnesses in a House Judiciary Committee hearing last week intended to put the spotlight…

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Marilyn Strickland first woman sworn into Congress wearing traditional Korean hanbok

Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-Wash.), who last year became one of the first Korean American women to win election to Congress, was sworn in on Sunday wearing a traditional Korean hanbok.  Strickland’s office said she is the first representative to wear a hanbok during her swearing-in ceremony, doing so in “honor of her maternal heritage.” “As a woman of both…