Patsy T. Mink: “I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 1748.”

I rise today to join in celebrating the contributions of Corrine ``Lindy'' Claiborne Boggs on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Founding of the Congressional Women's Caucus. I was one of only 16 women Members of the House of…

I served in the Congress during the heated debates about Presidential powers during the war in Vietnam. As a consequence of the differing opinions that were so heatedly fought on this floor, the War Powers Act was enacted. It clarified…

I wish to congratulate four remarkable young women from Hawaii: Lauren Noelani Calhoun, age 16, of Kapaa on the island of Kauai; Celinda Stanton, age 11, of Waimanalo on the island of Oahu; Tessa Munekiyo of Wailuku on the island of Maui…

this year we will be working on the reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, known as TANF. It was a rewrite of the welfare law that we had previously enacted called Aid to Dependent Children. One of the major…