; (5) Daniel K. Akaka, the first Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry; (6) Norman Y. Mineta, the first Asian-American member of a Presidential Cabinet; and (7) Elaine L. Chao, the first Asian-American woman member of a Presidential Cabinet; Whereas in 2020, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, a bicameral caucus of Members of Congress advocating on behalf of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, is composed of 76 Members, including 20 Members of Asian or Pacific Islander descent; Whereas in 2020, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are serving in State and Territorial legislatures across the United States in record numbers, including in— (1) the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming; and (2) the Territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; Whereas in 2020, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders honorably serve at all levels of the Federal judiciary; Whereas Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID–19 pandemic, with Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders facing among the highest infection and mortality rates out of any racial group in the States of California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, and Arkansas; Whereas there are over 2 million Asian-American and Pacific Islander first responders, health care providers, and frontline workers who are among the unsung heroes in the Nation’s fight against COVID–19; Whereas since January 2020, there has been a dramatic increase in reports of anti-Asian hate crimes and incidents related to the COVID–19 pandemic, with over 2,000 incidents reported in recent months