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 [1]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 http://www.nmap2015.com.

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 Chair

Betty McCollum, D-MN Vice 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

Sudan Caucus

Frank Wolf, R-VA Co-chair

Congressional Moldova Caucus

David Price, D-NC Co-chair

Congressional Afghan Caucus

Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX Co-chair

Congressional Georgia Caucus

Rep. Allyson Schwartz D-PA Co-chair

In addition:

Congressional Humanities Caucus

Rep. Tom Petri R-WI Co-chair

Rep. David Price D-NC Co-chair

Congressional History Caucus

Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-NJ Co-chair

Rep. Tom Cole, R-OK 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 American 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, N-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 Albanian Issues Caucus

Eliot Engel, D-NY Co-chair

Israel Allies Caucus

Eliot Engel, D-NY Co-chair

Congressional Pakistan Caucus

Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX Chair

Friends of Jordan Caucus

Alcee Hastings, D-FL Co-chair

Tunisia Caucus

Alcee Hastings, D-FL Chair

References

1. http://www.nmap2015.com/H_Con_Res_27.pdf