Mike Honda

It is my privilege to welcome Mr. Rajan Zed to offer the opening prayer before the U.S. House of Representatives. A native of the State of Nevada, he attended San Jose State University in San Jose, California, my alma mater. As president…

I would like to associate myself with the words that have been expressed this afternoon. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with great sadness. My heart goes out to the families and friends of all the victims killed in the tragic events of May 23…

I want to add my thanks to the work that has been done up to now. I became an original cosponsor of the USA FREEDOM Act because I was disturbed about the revelations of surveillance programs. The bill was a good step toward balancing…

I want to thank my friend, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva), for yielding. Mr. Chairman, many of our Democratic colleagues have already spoken about what is wrong with the House Republican budget and how it slashes our investments…

I would think the American people would recognize that services rendered to the United States should be paid.

I believe it is particularly important that the report incorporates both excellence and equity.

I think there is a lot of communities under Asian Americans, AAPI, are still in great need and should be subject to considerations such as affirmative action enrollment.

The administration's effort to close that wage gap by prioritizing pay equity for women and minorities is laudable.

this is about saving people from indescribable pain and bringing to justice people who would visit that pain on innocent victims.

Isn't there a way that we can fund a process where local law enforcement can be trained and then the kits can be uploaded to CODIS?

My sense about your stance on due process is that you want to do the best that you can, and that is costly.

Today the U.S. Congress is doing its job 5 days after forcing the Treasury to resort to extraordinary measures to finance our government and 3 legislative days before an unprecedented default. This marks the fourth time in the last 3 years…

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has been urging Congress to act before Friday's debt ceiling deadline, but here we are again with no signs of legislative progress, with rumors of a ransom that Republicans will demand before Congress will be…

Thank you, Congressman Garamendi, for putting these evening discussions on the board here. I want to also rise to join you and other colleagues of mine in commemorating the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson's declaration of the…

If there were a Hippocratic oath of legislating, it would prescribe that we, above all else, should do no harm, but we have a habit of violating that foundational precept. We have allowed unemployment insurance to 1.3 million Americans to…

I support this process, and I hope my colleagues will support my efforts to make it the permanent solution to the debt crisis. I urge a ``no'' vote on the resolution, but I support this process that allows it. {time} 1815

I want to thank my colleague for yielding time to me. I rise in opposition to this resolution, but I am strongly in favor of the process that we are using to deal with the debt limit. There is a difference. If this resolution to force an…

Let me just be a little uplifting today. I rise today to wish my friends and colleagues a happy Diwali. Diwali is this Sunday, November 3, and it signifies the start of the lunar new year. The festival of Diwali is a rich cultural history…

As our past Senator Inouye would have said, mahalo, sister. Mr. Speaker, I come here from California. My friend, Ms. Hanabusa, comes from the islands of Hawaii. All of us here in this body came here to do things that will make our country…

I want to thank the gentlelady from Hawaii. I just have to say offhandedly that this is a wonderful, candid interchange, one that needs to be heard, witnessed, and participated in because the way the rules of the House are set up, there is…

Yes. I just want to close by thanking you for this opportunity. The gentleman and I are both educators. And educators know one thing: how to ask a question and come to a logical conclusion. And the logical conclusion right now is that we…

It is a dampening effect. I think people are less likely to invest, even though there is a great faith in the kinds of activities we have in Silicon Valley. I think those who have the resources to make the investments, they are going to be…

I want to thank you, my friend, for this opportunity and this dialogue. It is a shame that we don't have the same dialogue across the aisle, but our rules prohibit us from being able to create that dialogue and debate in front of this…

That is true. Mr. Takano, as you know, I represent a majority of the area that is commonly called ``Silicon Valley.'' We were doing relatively well with the shutdown; however, government contracts, entrepreneurship are going to be…

I thank my friend for leading this group, and also providing the rest of the country the understanding and the idea that there's work being done here. There are creative minds in Congress that are looking at the issue of manufacturing and…