Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole. who represented the territory of Hawaii as a nonvoting delegate from 1903 to 1922. He was responsible for the enactment of our Hawaiian Homestead Act. which is a basic land tenure program which has made it possible for many native Hawaiians to acquire land to build their homes and raise their families. The first voting Asian and PacificAmerican Member of Congress was Dalip Singh Saund of California. an immigrant from India who served in the House from 1957 to 1963. The first Asian PacificAmerican Senator was Senator Hiram Leong Fong from Hawaii. who served from 1959 to 1976. Currently we have nine sitting Members of both the House and the Senate that make up our congressional Asian Pacific Caucus. which was formed on May 16. 1994. to establish an effort in the Congress to cause other Members of Congress perhaps to be more sensitive and aware of Asian and PacificAmerican issues within their own constituencies.
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