Patsy T. Mink

I rise today deeply disappointed in the total sellout of a meaningful patients' bill of rights. For years, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers have been working together to reform the managed care industry and develop a genuine patients'…

It is sad indeed that so soon after the New York tragedy we are back here again memorializing firefighters who died in the line of duty. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of the members of their families. But I will reinforce what I…

Both of these amendments go to the Agricultural Research Service. One has to do with the earmarking of $950,000 for the Hawaii Agricultural Research Center. The other is an earmark of $1,603,000 for the Oceanic Institute. Both of these…

I have great occasion to celebrate this moment and to tell my colleagues what a wonderful person Shirley Chisholm was. There was something about her, her gate, her mannerism, the smile that went across her face. It just sort of electrified…

What I think this House needs to bear in mind as we consider this very, very important amendment is that the structure that we have put forth is a formula which really puts the Federal Government into the position of elaborating very…

this amendment is offered out of my very great concern that what we have established by law and what we have built upon in H.R. 1 is a formula for the determination of when schools are deemed not to be providing adequate education to the…

I said the other day I deeply appreciated the opportunity to be on the working group and commend the gentleman from Ohio (Chairman Boehner) and the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller) for the outstanding work that they did in…

I must say that going into this, I did not expect to be able to reconcile all the various differences that we held on the majority and the minority side. It took an amazing amount of work on the part of the gentleman from Ohio (Mr…

I rise today to thank the Members of the House Committee on International Relations for including $13.5 million for the East-West Center in the FY2002 State Department Authorization bill. An amendment to delete this funding was…

I rise today to honor Helene H. Hale, a distinguished citizen of Hawai'i, whose extraordinary example of public service truly sets her apart. I reprint here a copy of a Proclamation issued by County of Hawai'i Mayor Harry Kim on April 10…

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…

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…

this legislation that we are being asked to vote on today is a piece of legislation which will actually be injurious to thousands of women all across this country. The women are the ones who hold down the lowest paying jobs in this…

the ergonomics rule adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ten years after first being proposed by then-Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole will protect 102 million American workers from injuries in the…

Today I rise to re-introduce a bill important to all students--H.R. . In the 105th Congress, we passed legislation that allows students to deduct interest paid on student loans. We did this to make it easier for all Americans to bear the…

On January 3 of this year, I introduced H.R. 132, to designate the Post Office on the island of Lanai as the ``Goro Hokama Post Office.'' I thank the majority of this committee for allowing me to bring this bill up at this early stage in…

I feel compelled to note my strong objection to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the matter of the State of Florida's recount of undercounted ballots in the November 7th, 2000 Presidential election. I believe that it was wrong for the…

I rise in support of S. 2498, which authorizes the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, construct, and equip laboratory, administrative, and support space to house base operations in Hilo, Hawaii, for the Smithsonian Astrophysical…

I came to the floor because so many Asians have expressed a dismay that a situation like this could happen in America and many of them expressed the belief that it could only happen to an Asian. That to me is a very damaging aspect to have…

I will vote to override the President's veto of H.R. 8, the Estate Tax bill not because I favor repeal of the estate tax, but to send a message to the Democratic and Republican leadership that both sides must work to strike a compromise…

I am introducing a bill to enable veterans exposed to radiation to be considered for medical assistance without regard to their particular level of exposure. The bill, also, expands the definition of radiation-risk activity to include…

we have heard a lot of misstatements today about the sugar program, not only today, but in the discussions that have been held over the years. I think it is really unfortunate that so much of this comes from a theoretical discussion, which…

I am astounded to hear the majority say that our proposal for 100,000 teachers to reduce class size is nothing more than a sound bite. They cannot tell the students in my school that have two teachers in the third grade that reducing the…

Mr. Chairman, I think the important message that I want to leave is to echo the words of the chairman of the Committee on Education and Workforce who spoke about the authorization language that we had for the Teacher Empowerment Act. It is…

I rise in support of section 535 of H.R. 4205. At the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific there are 647 nameless remains of soldiers and sailors who died on December 7, 1941 as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbor. They are buried…