Mike Honda

This week we return after an epic recess of House Republican inaction on stemming gun violence, and yet gun violence does not recess. Between Memorial Day and this past weekend, 4,100 Americans died from gun-related activities, and nearly…

There has to be some sort of an apology to these folks who have been put through this and losing their jobs.

I think it is important that we actually focus in on what we are asking for and not have red herring arguments about this.

Do you think that it is time to have a conversation about rescheduling marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act?

I understand that economic espionage is a real threat to American economic security and our ability to retain jobs here at home, but I am concerned that espionage threats from bad actors abroad are creating a climate in which both…

This is technology, but still it is a constitutional question, it seems to me, in terms of you are arguing security versus privacy clashing.

This impact that the war on drugs has had on levels of incarceration in our nation's prisons, both at the State and Federal level, this has been a particularly harsh impact on minority communities, many of which have seen large segments of…

I have serious concerns about the privacy implications also of the FBI's ongoing attempts to force Apple...

I think that we need to keep moving forward. I am pushing this, but I appreciate, you know, our conversation and hope that we can continue this to a point where we can get rid of the 500,000 untested rape kits that are sitting on shelves…

The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility.

I think COPS has a basis for improved community and police force relationships, that they understand working in conjunction with the communities is beneficial for everybody around, and we will learn a lot from them.

But if they insist on hanging onto their policy and they will not honor detainers, and they will not share information, you know, don't ask for federal money unless you follow our Federal law.

Native Americans are two and a half times more likely to experience violent crimes than other Americans.

But we must provide adequate resources, funding, and collaborative efforts to ensure that the testing actually occurs to reduce the existing rape kit backlogs.

Last year dealt with sexual assault kit testing and today there are estimated over 400,000 untested rape kits still collecting dust in the evidence room of law enforcement crime labs across this country.

If people do not know what they should do, and when they should do it, and how to respond afterwards, then lives can be lost.

It is important that we have women involved because if it is purely men, we tend to think in certain ways.

The National Science Foundation is a direct investment in the future, strength, and vitality of our nation.

By investing in a broad range of ideas you never know which ones are going to come up and pan out.

NSF is known as the great fundamental research venture capitalist for the United States.

If we want to anticipate astronauts coming back and not watching them burn up on reentry, then we have to take care of that regardless of what kind of funding mechanism we have.

I share my colleague's frustrations with this year's proposed discretionary budget from the President that recommends scaling back our support for NASA.

This is the time to be investing in NASA, not selling it short.

Just off my time, I will comment about the FBI. You may call them illegal status, but in the Asian-American community they have made some arrests at work, at home, and held people in jail without due process and then after a few months…