[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 1, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H990]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      DENOUNCING ABHORRENT REMARKS

  (Ms. LEE of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LEE of California. Madam Speaker, last week, one of our 
colleagues from across the aisle made very ignorant comments and 
questioned Representative Judy Chu's loyalty and service to this 
country.
  These claims were baseless, discriminatory, and flat-out wrong. As 
one of his own Republican colleagues said, these types of troubling 
comments are out of bounds and, yes, beyond the pale.
  Questioning Congresswoman Judy Chu's loyalty to the United States 
purely based on her Chinese heritage is not only racist and xenophobic, 
it is very dangerous, and it is not new.
  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was subject to baseless accusations of 
being a communist by J. Edgar Hoover. These same harmful bouts of 
hateful misinformation have been cast on myself, Congresswoman Ilhan 
Omar, and other women of color in Congress. It is despicable.
  Madam Speaker, hate speech leads to hate violence. We must clearly 
and strongly denounce this kind of rhetoric, especially during a time 
when our AAPI community continues to be a target of hateful aggression 
against the country.
  Congresswoman Chu has been a steadfast warrior for constituents in 
her district, the AAPI community, and for all marginalized communities 
she has worked for across our country. She is a great patriot.
  To question her service and loyalty to the United States is shameful 
and unacceptable.

                          ____________________