Mike Honda

I rise in support of H.R. 5061, the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act, which seeks to provide humanitarian assistance for the current crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan and to facilitate a comprehensive peace in the region. This bill…

I commend Chairman Pombo for introducing the Llagas Reclamation Groundwater Remediation Initiative. On January 16, 2003, residents of San Martin, Morgan Hill, and Gilroy in south Santa Clara County were shocked to learn that perchlorate…

as a Member of the Silicon Valley Congressional Delegation, I fully support H.R. 3574, the Stock Option Accounting Reform Act. This sensible and balanced legislation promotes corporate transparency while protecting broad-based employee…

one feature industry loves about the energy bill this body passed again Tuesday is a provision that would repeal the Public Utility Holding Company Act, which helps States regulate large multi-state electricity companies. Some people say…

I too would like to extend my gratitude to the patriotic men and women serving our country and the military including the 60,813 Asian American and Pacific Islanders serving on active duty in the U.S. armed services as well as the 20,066…

I would like to start out my comments with a quote. ``See, I ran for office to solve problems, not to pass them on to future Presidents and future generations.'' President Bush at a fund-raiser in Oregon, August 21, 2003. Mr. Speaker, I…

I rise in support of S. 189, the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act. I thank the distinguished leaders of the Committee on Science, the gentleman from New York (Chairman Boehlert) and the gentleman from Texas (Ranking…

I offer a simple amendment that subtracts $1 million from the San Francisco Muni Third Street Light Rail Project and adds that amount to the Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Project. The Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Project…

let us talk about fairness for everybody: 262,000 of these children are from military families; 178,000 are children from farming families; 567,000 are children of nurses and orderlies. They say no to these children. Three hundred…

I am opposing H.R. 2210. I was a classroom teacher and a principal. And my wife has been a kindergarten teacher since 1965. So most of us here, we talk about Head Start from personal experiences and from professional experiences rather…

This amendment, based on legislation I introduced earlier this year, the Teacher Mentoring Act, would permit the use of grant funds to be used for teacher mentoring programs and is supported by the American Federation of Teachers. As a…

the elderly and disabled have waited long enough for a prescription drug benefit in Medicare and for relief from the high cost of prescription drug prices. While the Republicans have been busy voting on permanent tax cuts, seniors…

I rise tonight to protest the Republicans' tax cut bill, the Leave 12 Million Children Behind Act. Soon after this tax bill was passed, it was discovered that the Republicans deliberately chose to drop a provision that would have helped 12…

in the nine months since we lost the irrepressible Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink, my colleagues and communities across the Nation have celebrated the incredible ``firsts'' and the numerous battles that Patsy waged on the behalf of…

After the American internment, in 1990 we had a gentleman by the name of Chang-Lin Tien who became the first APA to head a major university in the United States when he was appointed chancellor of the University of Berkeley. He…

I rise today to oppose H.R. 1261, the Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act. Let us not be fooled by the title of the bill. A more accurate title would be the Workforce Divestment Act, because the legislation guts the program and…

In May of 2002, the General Accounting Office released a report that revealed an alarming disparity in salaries and rates of promotion between minorities when compared to which males in the same jobs at the Department of Energy's National…

the auto industry has claimed that if CAFE standards are raised, they might have to stop making SUVs, yet their actions directly contradict these words. As the gentleman from New York (Mr. Boehlert) indicated, recently, Ford, Toyota and GM…

it is with a troubled heart that I will be voting for the PROTECT Act today. The benefits of a national AMBER Alert network are undeniable, and I cannot support any further delay on its implementation. However, I do not believe that this…

Madam Speaker, I rise this evening to talk about what it really means to support our troops and our Nation's veterans. Madam Speaker, I believe it is easy for any Member of Congress to stand here in the well on the floor and say they…

my goodness, what a difference 2 years make. Two years ago, Republicans argued that the projected $5.6 trillion surplus was so huge and so certain that they could accommodate large tax cuts and increases in domestic spending, while still…

Today 8.6 million Americans are looking for work, but unable to find it. In my district of Santa Clara County alone, over 80,000 Americans are unemployed. Since President Bush took office, 1.7 million jobs have been lost. Today too many of…

last November, President Bush and the Republican leadership turned their backs on over 1 million Americans. Despite repeated efforts by Democrats, President Bush and the Republican leadership refused to pass legislation that would have…

I also would like to share my deepest sympathies with Patsy Mink's family, John Francis, her husband, her daughter Wendy and her brother Eugene Takemoto. I also want to share my sympathies to the people of Hawaii. Many things have been…

A couple of words I would like to close with. One is ``spirit'' and the other is ``reconciliation.'' The spirit that I have learned in this process is the spirit of the victims, the ex-POWs, the spirit that was exhibited by Dr. Lester…