Lastest updates: March 18, 2007

Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans

Two former Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans -- US Representatives Jim McDermott, Washington Democrat, and Joe Wilson, South Carolina Republican, -- have returned to head the Caucus again in the 110th Congress. The India Caucus is the largest country caucus in the US Congress.

Rep.Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) have been elected as the India Caucus Co-Chairs in the 109th Congress.

The objective of the Congressional Caucus on India & Indian Americans is to push the Indian American community's agenda on the Hill.

The Caucus was founded in 1993 by Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Bill McCollum (R-FL), who served as a Cochairmen until October 1998. They were succeeded by Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and James Greenwood (R-PA).

In the 108th Congress (2002-2004), the CO-Chairs were Joe Crowley (D-NY) and Joe Wilson (R-SC).

2007

Members of Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, 110th Congress elected in November 2006 (as of March, 2007)

2005

05.06.2005 - Criticism Aplenty of India Caucus
Aziz Haniffa reports on the First Conference to Gauge the Group's Effectiveness
India Abroad

05.06.2005 - Pallone: Sometimes People Expect A Lot
Article by Aziz Haniffa
India Abroad

02.11.2005 - Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, New Republican Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans: Interview by Aziz Haniffa
India Abroad

01.28.2005 - Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: Interview by Ela Dutt
News India-Times

01.28.2005 - Gary Ackerman: Interview by Aziz Haniffa
India Abroad

2004

10.29.2004 - Congressional and Senate India Caucuses: What do they really accomplish
Interview with Rep. Frank Pallone, News-India Times

04.05.2004 - Congressman Joseph Crowley's Record on India
Press Release

2003

07.25.2003 - A+ for Crowley
by Haziz Haniffa
India Abroad

02.21.2003 - Interview with Republican CO-Chair Joe Wilson
by Haziz Haniffa
India Abroad

01.24.2003 - A conversation with India Caucus co-chairs Crowley and Wilson
by Vasantha Arora
New India-Times

2002

05.08.2003 - Congressional Caucus corrects inaccurate statements about India
Letter to Colleagues

2001

02.02.2001 - Cochairmen urge colleagues to join India Caucus
India Abroad by Haziz Haniffa

2000

12.15.2000 - India Caucus: Goals for Next Two Years
New- India Times by Neil Parekh

11.24.2000 - McDermott set to take over as caucus CO-chair
India Abroad

11.16.2000 - Republican Ed Royce is India Caucus cochairman
Times of India

09.18.2000 - The India Caucus still has a long distance to go
by Amberish K. Diwanji in Rediff

02.25.2000 - Community Must Ask More of Caucus
News-India Times by Neil Parekh