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Congressman Cao served on the Homeland Security Committee, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. He is also a member of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. Cao has voted with Republicans 79.6% of the time <ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/c001079/</ref>, voting against the $787 billion [[economic stimulus package]] and against [[cap and trade]] climate legislation. However, he was the lone Republican who voted for Democratic healthcare legislation, saying that he received a commitment from [[President Obama]] to help his district, which was still devastated from [[Hurricane Katrina]]. <ref>http://thehill.com/homenews/house/66857-the-gop-vote-why-cao-said-yes</ref> He then voted against the final passage of the bill. Cao also endorsed Obama's decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to [[Afghanistan]].
Congressman Cao served on the Homeland Security Committee, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. He is also a member of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. Cao has voted with Republicans 79.6% of the time <ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/c001079/</ref>, voting against the $787 billion [[economic stimulus package]] and against [[cap and trade]] climate legislation. However, he was the lone Republican who voted for Democratic healthcare legislation, saying that he received a commitment from [[President Obama]] to help his district, which was still devastated from [[Hurricane Katrina]]. <ref>http://thehill.com/homenews/house/66857-the-gop-vote-why-cao-said-yes</ref> He then voted against the final passage of the bill. Cao also endorsed Obama's decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to [[Afghanistan]].
On January 3, 2013, the [[Public Broadcasting Service]] will air the documentary "Mr. Cao Goes to Washington" based on the former congressman's brief tenure in Washington.
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