Washington, April 15 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal issued the following press release:
U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Andre Carson (IN-07), Grace Meng (NY-06), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Judy Chu (CA-28), CAPAC Chair Emerita, are introducing legislation recognizing five years since a tragic mass shooting took the lives of eight employees at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana. The facility's workforce was nearly 90 percent of Sikh descent.
"I got my start in organizing in the wake of 9/11, standing up for our Sikh, Muslim, Arab, and South Asian neighbors who were experiencing increased racism and hate," said Jayapal. "Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic and Trump's return t...