Reps. Michelle Steel, left, and Young Kim, who have been friends for decades, broke history together, becoming the first Republican Korean American women in Congress.
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Reps. Michelle Steel, left, and Young Kim, who have been friends for decades, broke history together, becoming the first Republican Korean American women in Congress.
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'Don't mess with us': history-making Korean American congresswomen fight back against racial bias

Reps. Young Kim and Michelle Steel never imagined that the first time they would testify before Congress as new lawmakers it would be to call out hate against their community.