Orange County-based House Representatives Michelle Steel and Katie Porter created a bi-partisan resolution Feb. 23 that seeks to condemn “hate, racism, and intolerance against” the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. The resolution comes as hate crimes against the demographic have been on the rise in the United States. Steel’s resolution seeks to affirm that the U.S. stands against and denounces all anti-Asian and Pacific Islander sentiment, condemns all manifestations or expressions of racism and intolerance, and calls on federal law enforcement to investigate, improve reporting, and hold perpetrators accountable for the crimes. “Discrimination is against the fundamental values of American culture,” Steel said in a prepared statement. “The rise in discrimination and hateful targeting of the AAPI community has to stop. We must do everything we can to put an end to hate and help our neighbors, especially during this difficult time. Combating hate is a nonpartisan issue and I thank my California colleague, Rep. Porter, for joining me to condemn these …