Patsy T. Mink

I am really very, very excited about the idea that for the first time since my coming here to Congress in 1990, we have a chance to discuss this issue. Many of us have been really worried and concerned about it. We have done what we could…

I take this time again to call upon the leadership of the House of Representatives to listen to the cries for reform from the people of this country. The Republicans are always saying that they are on the top of the issues that the people…

Mr. Chairman, I believe there might be some merit to look at the jurisdiction, exercise of jurisdiction by the NLRB. But certainly, to bring this matter before the floor, to ask for a vote, is simply not the way to go. The matter should be…

I am here full square as a defender of the Impact Aid Program. I shall vote against this amendment because it is not an honest effort to add Impact Aid moneys, but it is an effort to challenge a system, the only system we have that will…

the Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill represents in my estimation the most important Federal spending bill we consider each year. It represents our investment in the human capital of this country--our investment in education…

I must register my objections to H.R. 2014's airline tax provisions which levy a $2 per stop fee which will be borne mainly by our local short-haul air carriers and their passengers. I represent the Second Congressional District of Hawaii…

If the Miller-Schumer amendment were to pass today, it would mean virtually the end of the domestic sugar production here in this country, and it would forfeit over 400,000 jobs, about 6,000 in my district. I come from an agricultural part…

But what we are concerned about is that once submitting a State plan, once acceding to the idea that there would be benchmarks, there is no enforcement mechanism. Under the provisions of this bill, the State could serve not a single…

I take this extraordinary measure in order to emphasize the importance of the amendment that was just defeated. My effort in offering the amendment was simply to hold harmless, to continue a vital program that has been in existence for the…

I rise today together with my colleagues the gentlewoman from Maryland [Mrs. Morella], the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Sanchez], the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Woolsey] and the gentlewoman from California [Ms…

I would like to rise initially to give my strong support to H.R. 2160 and to commend the gentleman from New Mexico [Mr. Skeen], the chairman of the subcommittee, and members of the Committee on Appropriations for not yielding to the many…

I am not against investigations. If there is corruption, let us go after it. If there is abuse of power, let us go after it. But let us not waste taxpayers' money for sheer partisan political purposes.

I rise today to oppose the renewal of the most-favored-nation [MFN] trade status of the People's Republic of China because China continues to deny the greater part of its citizenry the most basic human rights; engages in the worst kinds of…

I rise in firm opposition to a ban in the fiscal year 1997 Supplemental Appropriations Conference Report that disallows the use of statistical sampling in the 200 census. We must not dictate to the experts in the U.S. Census Bureau how…

I rise to pay tribute to notable accomplishments by Asian Pacific Americans as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is commemorated here in the Nation's Capital and in other cities nationwide. The annual celebration of this month of…

I rise today to stand up for our Nations small businesses and individual investors. With all the data on the obstacles small businesses face in our increasingly globally-oriented marketplace, I am quite dismayed about the changes advocated…

I rise as one of the cosponsors of House Concurrent Resolution 8, which expresses the sense of Congress regarding the importance of maintaining the health and stability of our coral reef ecosystems. This resolution is particularly…

This bill is misnamed. It is called flexibility time, but it affords employees and the families absolutely no flexibility. Employers today have flexibility. They have flex-time. They could give their workers time off to do those essential…

I rise in support of the Owens amendment. The bill without the amendment would be a terrible blow to millions of American workers who work overtime for compensation. What the Owens amendment is at least trying to do is to make it possible…

the issue that I wanted to specifically comment on during this hour that I have is the education challenge which the Congress has faced in the past and must continue to face. All of the polls that we have seen over the last year, or…

I rise to denounce the shameful war being waged on the arts and humanities. The National Endowment for the Arts [NEA] and National Endowment for the Humanities [NEH] have had fundamental impacts on our lives and our children's lives over…

the politics of loopholes has angered the general public. We need to stop procrastinating about changes that need to be made in our campaign financing. There are some large loopholes you could run a truck through without violating the law…

Mr. Speaker, it is very important for this body and the country to realize that the vast majority of workers in this country working for the minimum wage are women, and it is these hard-working women who are supporting their families that…

I intend to vote against this conference report. The Urban Institute tells us that over a million children will be put into poverty as a result of this legislation. We are told by our own Republican Congressional Budget Office that it is…

Mr. Speaker, this matter of raising minimum wage is a matter of simple justice. We have heard throughout the last year and a half about how important it is for people to work. In fact, we have passed a welfare reform bill, so-called, which…