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Congressman Cao’s continuing support of those efforts to fight crime and provide for a safer city has yielded over $8.3 million in funding to support the work of community-based programs and local law enforcement: $750,000 for the restoration of the New Orleans EMS, the only 911 emergency service provider in the City. $1.5 million for the Greater New Orleans Crime Coalition, providing needed resources for our police officers. $476,195 for the Gulf Coast High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, which works to reduce drug trafficking $4 million to rebuild the NOPD District 7 Station House and the New Orleans Fire Station 36. $400,000 for Catholic Charities’ Crescent House services for victims of ...
Follow this link to Meet Kate Cao A Personal History of Fighting the Odds Early Life in Vietnam Anh “Joseph” Quang Cao, 41, was born in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam, the fifth of eight children. He grew up in Vietnam during the most turbulent years of the Vietnamese Civil War and can vividly remember bombs exploding next to his elementary school. After the fall of Saigon in 1975, Joseph fled Vietnam for the safety of the United States. His father, an Army officer committed to the freedom of South Vietnam was imprisoned by the Communists, leaving his mother to singlehandedly ...
"Five years ago, the federal government failed us during Hurricane Katrina. I will not stand by and let the government fail us again." - Congressman Joseph Cao During the last month, there have been positive developments in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Having sealed the leak and conducted the "static kill" procedure on the broken well, BP is now preparing for the final "bottom kill" procedure. I have called on my colleagues in Congress and the Obama administration to direct every available resource to restore the environment and economy along the Gulf Coast. While helping countless members of our community through the oil-damage claims process, I am working diligently in ...
Congressman Cao's ongoing efforts to improve our local universities and provide better opportunities for area students have resulted in $15 million in extra funding for Tulane, University of New Orleans, Xavier, Dillard and Loyola University: $300,000 for the creation of the community service educational programs at Dillard University $400,000 for cutting-edge cancer research at Xavier University $9,200,000 for the SPAWAR defense systems center at University of New Orleans $800,000 for the development of bio-sensors for defense applications at Tulane University $400,000 to establish Center for Music and Arts Entrepreneurship at Loyola ...
Latest News:First Vietnamese American Congressman speaks on how to fight political apathy Joseph Cao’s spoke about political activism amongst the Vietnamese American community and others. He explained that there is a problem with political apathy in certain communities. “If we do not speak out for less fortunate people, then who will speak out for them?" Read More |
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