Asian-American members of the House of Representatives plan to complain that President Barack Obama has not formally hosted the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) at the White House, Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call reports.

The newspaper reports CAPAC Chairman Emeritus Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) called the absence of an invite from the president “not a cool thing,” saying: “What are we, chopped liver?”

Obama has met with the two other groups that form the Congressional Tri-Caucus. Roll Call reports the president hosted both the Black Caucus and the Hispanic Caucus in May. 

All four members of Hawaii’s congressional delegation are members of the 15-person caucus. Read the full story.

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