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WASHINGTON — Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., on Wednesday will become the new chairwoman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, succeeding Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., who has held the post for more than a dozen years, Chu told NBC News on Tuesday evening. Meng, who has served in Congress since 2013, is running unopposed to replace Chu as chair of the caucus, which is known as
's 'first vice chair, so basically she has been put in a position to be able to take over, and I think she'll do a great job,' Chu said. does not have term limits. Chu — the former three-time mayor of Monterey Park and the first Chinese American woman to serve in Congress — had led the caucus since 2011. Chu said
expanded and successfully pushed to elect its members to leadership posts. Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., was elected chairman and ranking member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee. And Rep. Ted Lieu, another Southern California
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