PRESS
RELEASE from Romney for President
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
|
CONTACT: Romney
Press
Office
|
August 1, 2012
|
|
MITT ROMNEY ANNOUNCES ASIAN AMERICANS &
PACIFIC ISLANDERS FOR ROMNEY COMMUNITY
Boston, MA – Mitt Romney today
announced his Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders for Romney
community.
“Asian
Americans and Pacific Islanders have wonderful cultures that enrich all
of America,” said Mitt Romney. “For generations, members of this
community have contributed to our country, started new businesses and
invented new products, and served with honor and distinction in the
fight to protect freedom all around the world. I am honored to have the
support of such great Asian Americans, and look forward to working with
them to get our country on the right track again.”
“I
am honored that Governor Mitt Romney asked me to serve as the
national
chair of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Romney,” said former
Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao. “Having worked in
previous presidential
administrations, I know Governor Mitt Romney has the experience and the
character to tackle the problems that are facing our nation. Americans
are suffering, and it will take new leadership to put this country on a
path to prosperity and full employment.”
“I
am pleased and honored to serve as a national co-chair for Asian
Americans and Pacific Islanders for Romney,” said Universal Health Care
CEO Akshay Desai. “As a businessman, I know all too well what it takes
to make it in the private sector. When I hear President Obama tell
small business people that “somebody else” made their success happen, I
know that he is not cut out to turn around our economy. Mitt Romney is
the change we so desperately need, and I look forward to having him in
the White House.”
National Chair
Elaine L. Chao, 24th U.S. Secretary of Labor (2001-2009)
National Co-Chairs
Congressman Steve Austria (R-OH)
Akshay Desai, CEO of Universal Healthcare
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney General Viet Dinh
Former Congressman Charles Djou, (R-HI)
Former Director of the U.S. Mint Edmund Moy
Former Congresswoman Patricia Saiki, (R-HI)
Ambassador Sichan Siv
###