Patsy T. Mink

I rise to state my unequivocal opposition to H.R. 3396. It goes far beyond the defense of the institution of marriage. It attacks the U.S. Constitution by allowing States to ignore the 'full faith and credit' clause. If same sex marriages…

It is so important that we fund the research and training and impetus to the classrooms and to the schools to keep encouraging them to emphasize the importance of equity in education. Our girls are not being encouraged properly into the…

I rise to oppose House Concurrent Resolution 178, the conference report on the budget resolution. The fiscal year 1997 budget resolution appears to be an improvement over the budget proposed by the majority party last year in that it…

I must rise in great distress over a provision that has been included in this appropriation bill. That has to do with the sugar program. In the bill that we have today, there is a section that places a cap on the raw sugarcane prices that…

in that sense, I hope that it is the policy of the majority to grant us this special hearing also whenever we see fit, because we too have waiver applications.

Mr. Speaker, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that what the Republicans are trying to do is to completely dismantle the Medicare Program. We deal with this issue in terms of big numbers, like a $290 billion cut versus a $168 billion…

I take this opportunity this morning to acknowledge a celebration that has been ongoing throughout the month of May, which is the month in which we celebrate Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month. This is a part of the permanent law…

We all want to benefit working families. It was never the intention to make a distinction about a childless family. The formula currently includes benefits for childless workers because clearly there are circumstances where there are two…

I would like to say that it was not too long ago that we were saying, read my lips, no tax increases. Our majority party has been saying no tax increases, we are going to have tax cuts because that is what this economy needs. Yet we know…

This bill is a very important component in Hawaii's battle against the endangered species crisis, and I think most people in the House recognize that Hawaii represents the State with the most endangered and threatened species. So it is not…

it is really tragic, tragic that the personal problems and the anxieties of women who face these very, very difficult decisions that must be made with respect to their health and their safety and the integrity of their family and to have…

the immigration bill, H.R. 2202, that we are debating this week in the U.S. House of Representatives exploits the deep hostilities felt across this land, that the problem of illegal immigrants has grown out of control needing drastic…

may I point out that the figure that has been touted around today and weeks before today that this sugar program is costing the consumers this outrageous sum of $1.4 billion is absolutely untrue. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has…

the House is about to debate the farm bill, and it will be a contest of the wills of both sides of this Chamber in its dedication to the concept of jobs. One of the most interesting developments in the Republican Presidential race is that…

Mr. Chairman, this debate today will include an amendment that is to be offered regarding the sugar program. I rise to take my precious 3 minutes to address this amendment. Of all the Members who have sugar growers, as far as I can see in…

I have filed a privileged resolution and hope that the leadership of this House will consider it before the resolution itself and its contents become moot. The resolution asks the Speaker to disinvite the President of France to come to a…

I must commend my colleague for his great leadership in calling attention, time and time again, to this Chamber of this egregious conduct on the part of the French Government. Mr. Speaker, this particular special order is especially timely…

I think it is astounding that, if this report is accurate, the French President would dare to come here to instruct us on what should be our national posture on all of these critical issues on the pretense that the French Government serves…

the hypocrisy of all of this is that the French Government has for some time now put itself on record declaring that it would abide by a test ban treaty. It declared a moratorium. It specified their commitment to the concept of no tests by…

I do not think that there are really any Members of this House of Representatives today that can feel very proud about having shut down the Government and causing all the pain and suffering, the many thousands of workers whose families…

Mr. Chairman, I stand here in absolute dismay at this bill that we are being asked to vote on today, which decimates the funding for education throughout the country. This debate is basically a debate of the disavowal of the majority of…

Mr. Chairman, last week I filed an amendment which would have struck all of the language with reference to title IX, because I felt that it would do egregious harm to the enforcement of the program and to all the wonderful things that…

I join today in decrying the Labor, Health, Human Services, and Education appropriations bill. We will be funding the Labor Department, and in what the bill provides, it is an outright attack on working men and women throughout this…

Today I want to remember a native son of Hawaii, Peter Avillanoza, who recently went to Oklahoma City to begin a new mission, as director of equal opportunity for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. He moved to Oklahoma City…

I say to my colleagues, you study this tax cut program today, you'll see that the $60 billion that we took away from poor needy families is going to pay for the tax cuts for the super rich in this country. I stand here today, not as an…