OCA Applauds House for Moving to Rename DOT Headquarters After Norman Mineta, William Coleman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 30, 2022

Media Contact:
Andrew Peng, Communications Associate
andrew.peng@ocanational.org

Washington, D.C. — OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates’ Executive Director Thu Nguyen released the following statement on Wednesday after the House passed amended legislation to name the U.S. Department of Transportation’s headquarters after former secretaries Norman Mineta and William Coleman:

“Today, lawmakers set aside their differences and recognized the contributions of two extraordinary public servants. By passing S. 400 as amended, Congress not only honors Mineta and Coleman’s outstanding records at the U.S. Department of Transportation, but also pays tribute to their broader impacts as trailblazers in Asian American and Black communities. We thank House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Peter DeFazio for introducing the original legislation honoring Secretary Mineta in 2021.”

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