2025
Open Letter to the 119th Congress and the Trump Administration from the Health Equity Collaborative urging key healthcare reforms on behalf of underserved communities, including lower healthcare costs, protection of federal programs like Medicare and Medicaid, expanded access to medical innovation, greater representation in clinical research, and a more representative healthcare workforce.
October 2023
USPAACC National President and CEO Susan Au Allen and Alyn Hadar, Public Affairs Specialist for Advocacy, visited Capitol Hill to advocate for continued federal funding of the Community Navigator Pilot Program (CNPP). Meetings were held with offices of House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-TX), Representative Lou Correa (D-CA), and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).
June 23, 2021
USPAACC asked Congress and Big Tech to work together to advance reforms to the technology industry that would benefit small businesses, recognizing the critical role platforms played in helping small businesses survive during the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 3, 2021
USPAACC issued a statement welcoming the United States Senate's passage of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act with broad bipartisan support, reaffirming its longstanding advocacy for equal opportunity and fair treatment for Pan Asian American businesses.
In 2019
, we joined the Automobile Manufacturers Alliance, now Alliance for Automotive Innovation, to advocate for legislation that would lead to adoption of Comprehensive Autonomous Vehicle Law. The innovation that will follow legislation, research, implementation, etc., will benefit the small and minority business communities in job creation, and business opportunities.
Since 2018
, USPAACC National President & CEO Susan Au Allen has been an active Member of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (ACDDE). There, she co-leads the Supplier Diversity programs for three years, that resulted in two public Supplier Diversity events and a third, Tech Communications and Diversity Opportunity Symposium & Networking One-o
October 10, 2017
Susan Au Allen, National President & CEO of USPAACC, led a delegation of small business owners to meet with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, at his office in Washington, DC. Learn more
Since 2016
, in partnership with the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC), we have been advocating for fair and open competition on taxpayer-funded construction projects which will open more opportunities for all qualified small businesses, minorities and women in the construction industry.
Ongoing
USPAACC is a founding member of the Chamber Leadership Alliance (CLA), previously Chamber Training Institute (CTI) which began in 2010. The founding members of CLA are: US Black Chambers, Inc., US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce, and National LGBT Chamber of Commerce.
Ongoing
In addition, USPAACC has advocated over the years on specific issues on behalf of AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, Walmart, The American Builders and Contractors Association, Inc., The American Hotel & Motel Association, and the International Franchise Association ; and the reauthorization of MBDA (Minority Business Development Agency).
April 2016
Letter to the Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman and Commissioners of the FCC Committee about expressing concerns about the sweeping video navigation device rule introduced on February 18.
March 2016
Letter to the Members of Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in support of the Blunt Blumenthal Amendment to assure that revenue generated at airports would be used for airport-related purposes.
February 2016
Participated in the Minority-Owned Small Business Roundtable organized by House Small Business Committee to discuss issues facing small business owners on the invitation of Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY).
July 2015
Met with Chairman of House Small Business Committee, Congressman Steve Chabot, to discuss job creation and minority business growth programs.
May 2015
Published article in the Washington Times about the Asian American vote in 2016.
May 2015
Met with Brad Bailey, Policy Advisor, Speaker Boehner; to discuss TPA and TPP.
April 2015
Met with Congresswoman, Judy Chu, Congressmen Mike Honda and Takano to discuss TPA & TPP.
February 2015
Letter to the SBA Administrator, Maria Contreras-Sweet, in support of TPA and TPP.
January 2015
Joined US Chamber of Commerce in an open letter to the 114th Congress re: Intellectual Property.
August 2014
Letter to The Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman, FCC, in support of Comcast’s acquisition of Time Warner.
July 2014
Joined the National Black Chamber of Commerce, National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in an open letter to advance broadband access and adoption.
June 2014
Spoke at Policy Summit in Washington, DC on small business ownership.
November 2013
Recommended to President Obama to laud USPAACC member’s success story in his immigration speech in San Francisco. The White House asked USPAACC to recommend a successful Asian American business whose inspiring immigrant story could be shared to a wider audience.
November 7, 2012
Supported AT&T Petition to Launch Proceeding Concerning the TDM-to-IP Transition.
April 2012
USPAACC National President & CEO Susan Au Allen spoke at the Federal Reserve Bank in Washington, DC about the changing landscape in the global economy; the social and economic ties of Asian American business to the Asia-Pacific region; their cultural competency to facilitate entry into this market; the role USPAACC plays in Corporate procurement; and how the different disparate ethnic groups can w
November 8, 2011
Letter to Chairman Baucus and Ranking Member Hatch, Senate Finance Committee, applauding the House passage of H.R. 1002, the Wireless Tax Fairness Act. USPAACC urges the Senate to support this legislation, which will help small businesses and consumers.
March 3, 2011
USPAACC National President & CEO testified before the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship about SBA’s 8(a) and small and minority business programs and current issues minority and small businesses are facing.
March 4, 2011
USPAACC issued a press release that National President & CEO, Susan Allen, testified before the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on small and minority business issues.
January 18, 2011
Attended press conference at Hyatt Hotel in response to union protest.
January 6, 2011
Met with Latino Coalition about collaboration on advocacy activities on behalf of small and minority businesses.
June 30, 2010
Letter to Chairman Rockefeller, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and Chairman Henry Waxman, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, advocating for support of public policies that promote broadband expansion and investments.
May 25, 2010
Held a “Capitol Hill Day” as part of the annual national 25th Anniversary CelebrAsian Business Opportunity Conference (now CelebrAsian Procurement Conference) and met with Senators Daniel Akaka and Daniel Inouye, Senator Mary Landrieu Chief of Staff, Senator Olympia Snowe Chief of Staff, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Congressman Mike Honda and Congressman David Wu to discuss small and minority business
January 13, 2010
USPAACC, along with other Chambers, sent a letter to FCC Chairman Genachowski and Commissioners to carefully gather all the facts and seek informed counsel before issuing its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on network neutrality.
December 11, 2009
Letters to Senators McCain, Grassley, McConnell and Reid in support of Importation of Pharmaceuticals.
2008
USPAACC’s National President & CEO, Susan Au Allen, invited to join Obama transition team to advise on small and minority (specifically Asian American) business issues in Commerce, Labor, Transportation, International Trade Administration and Energy.
2003
Entered into partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) ata Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony, pledging to collaborate through information and resources to Asian American small business across the country.
2002
Helped to organize a White House reception in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with 150 select guests, including the first Indian-American astronaut and first Indian woman in space, Kalpana Chawla, who was one of the seven crew members that died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003.
2001
Bipartisan work to promote the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with former President George H.W. Bush and Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta
1992
Met with President Bill Clinton at the White House to discuss Asian American views on civil rights, education and healthcare
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