Patsy T. Mink: “They are, but a lot of them come back on again because they do not have the support right now, and that is what we need…”

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 rise against the M&M amendment and ask my colleagues to vote against it. I am deeply disturbed by the constant attack on the sugar industry. When they attack the sugar industry, they are really attacking my working people that are out…

last year I voted to override the President's veto of the estate tax bill. I said at that time that it was necessary for both parties to develop an effective and sensible estate tax reform bill. The Democrats accepted my advice…

Mr. Speaker, as we ask this House to recognize Women's History Month, I think it is important to know how this whole project began. In 1970 women's history was a very fledgling idea. It was started by the Education Task Force of Sonoma…