Special Announcement: new members of the Portuguese American Caucus

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Special Announcement! New members of the Portuguese American Caucus

Congressman Dough LaMalfa joins the Portuguese American Caucus

PALCUS is excited to announce that Congressman Dough LaMalfa (R,CA-1) is the newest member of the Portuguese American Caucus in the House of Representatives.

Congressman Vargas represents California's 1st Congressional District, which is home to 13,687 Portuguese according to the last American Community Survey.

He joins his colleague, Congressman Juan Vargas, who also recently joined.

PORTUGUESE-AMERICAN CAUCUS IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the 116th Congress

Co-Chairs: Congressmen Jim Costa (D,CA-16), David Cicilline (D,RI-1), Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1)

Arizona

Rep. Steve Womack, (R, AR-3)

California

Rep. Jim Costa*, Co-Chair, (D, CA-16)
Rep. Dough LaMalfa, (R, CA-1)

Rep. Eric Swalwell, (D, CA-15)
Rep. Ro Khanna (D, CA-17)
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D, CA-9)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, (D, CA-19)

Rep. TJ Cox (D, CA-21)
Rep. Devin Nunes*, (R, CA-22)
Rep. Linda Sanchez, (D, CA-38)

Rep. Juan Vargas, (D, CA -51)
Rep. Scott Peters (D, CA-52)

Colorado

Rep. Doug Lamborn, (R, CO-5)

Connecticut

Rep. John Larson, (D, CT-1)

Massachusetts

Rep. Richard E. Neal, (D, MA-1)
Rep. Jim McGovern, (D, MA-2)

Rep. Lori Loureiro Trahan*, (D, MA-3)
Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III (D, MA-4)
Rep. Stephen Lynch, (D, MA-8)
Rep. William Keating, (D, MA-9)

New Jersey

Rep. Albio Sires, (D, NJ-8)

New York

Rep. Lee Zeldin, Co-Chair, (R, NY-1)

North Carolina

Rep. David Rouzer, (R, NC-7)

Ohio

Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, (D, OH-11)

Rhode Island

Rep. David Cicilline , Co-Chair, (D,RI-1)
Rep. Jim Langevin, (D, RI-2)

Texas

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, (D, TX-18)
Rep. Lloyd Doggett, (D, TX-35)

* Portuguese descent

Senator Chris Murphy recently joined the Friends of Portugal in the U.S. Senate

FRIENDS OF PORTUGAL IN THE U.S. SENATE

116th Congress of the United States

Co-Chairs and Members:

Sen. Jack Reed, Co-Chair, (D-RI)

Sen. Patrick Toomey*, Co-Chair, (R-PA)

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, (D-CT)

Sen. Chris Murphy. (D-CT)

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, (D-CA)

Sen. Kamala Harris, (D-CA)

Sen. Ed Markey, (D-MA)

Sen. Elisabeth Warren, (D-MA)

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, (D-RI)

* Portuguese descent

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PALCUS Mission

In order to create a singular voice to advocate for the Portuguese-American and Luso-American communities at large, the Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the United States Inc. (PALCUS) was founded in 1991 as a non-partisan, non-profit, organization headquartered in Washington, D.C.

The PALCUS mission is to address domestic and international concerns of the Portuguese-American Community.

The Council conducts an expanding program of educational and public affairs activities on issues of interest to the Portuguese-American community and of salience to the Luso-American Relationship.

PALCUS is committed to serving the community through increasingly active government relations efforts, the promotion of a greater awareness of ethnic accomplishments and encouraging stronger ties between Portugal and the United States. In this role PALCUS advances the community professionally, politically and culturally while working to ensure that issues directly affecting our community are addressed through our network of government and community leaders.

PALCUS is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization under the IRS tax code and incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia. Donations are tax deductible to extent allowed by law and will be acknowledged.

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