December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 March 2012 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011
  • Rep Honda Speaks at White House "World Hepatitis Day" Event

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Rep. Michael Honda (CA-15), chair emeritus of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, joined Judy Chu (CA-32), chairwoman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC),  and Rep. Barbara Lee...

  • Rep Honda Calls for UN Aid to Somalia

    Congressman Michael Honda issued the following statement as Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus's Peace and Security Taskforce: ...

June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010
  • Congressman Honda to Host Forum on AAPIs in CA-15 District

    Cupertino, CA - This Friday, August 13, 2010, Rep. Mike Honda, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), will host “Asian American and Pacific Islander Voices in Government,” a community forum in Cupertino, CA. ...

July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 October 2009 September 2009 July 2009
  • US Rep. Michael Honda to Introduce Comprehensive Hepatitis B and C Legislation

    WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Representative Michael Honda (D-CA) is introducing bi-partisan legislation in Congress to address a national Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C epidemic impacting America. The bill incorporates the monitoring, testing and research and...

  • Rep Michael Honda Hosts US-China Green Energy Council

    WASHINGTON, DC – “As US and China governments engage in strategic and economic talks in this week, the US-China Green Energy Council is drawing attention to the unparalleled potential for clean energy partnerships between our two countries. As ec...

  • House Appropriator Rep. Michael Honda Secures Millions for CA-15 District

    WASHINGTON DC (Today) – House Appropriator Michael Honda (CA-15) secured much-needed dollars for California’s 15th district as part of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Transportation and Housing bills, which passed out of t...

  • Rep. Michael Honda Assists Immigrant Families

    WASHINGTON, DC (Today) - Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) introduced a bill in the House of Representatives today – The Strengthen and Unite Communities with Civics Education and English Skills Act of 2009 – which helps new Americans integrate into the soc...

June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009
  • Rep. Honda: Silicon Valley New Teacher Project Offers Example

    WASHINGTON, DC – With the recent House of Representatives’ passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, U.S. Rep. Michael Honda (CA-15) will reflect on the implications of the stimulus package on education spending at the New...

  • Rep. Mike Honda Joins Green Caucus

    WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Michael Honda (CA-15) joins Reps. Jay Inslee and Steve Israel in announcing today the formation of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), a focused, action-based caucus in the U.S. House of Representativ...

  • Rep. Mike Honda Secures Health Insurance for Children

    WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Mike Honda (CA-15) was a key player in securing a major victory for America’s legal immigrants by ensuring that their children will now receive health insurance. The victory was part of H.R. 2, the State Children’s ...

  • Honda Supports Fair Pay for All American Workers

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep Mike Honda released the following statement as the U.S. House of Representatives prepared to vote on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and The Fair Paycheck Act. ...

  • Honda Renamed to Powerful House Appropriations Subcommittees

    WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA) was re-appointed to his powerful House Appropriations subcommittee appointments on Labor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, as well as Commerce, Justice and Science. For hi...

October 2008
  • Congress Votes to Name San Jose Post Office

    WASHINGTON, DC – This week, the U.S. Congress honored a pioneer in California’s Asian American community, when it named the Lundy Avenue Main Post Office in Santa Clara after Gordon N. Chan, a leader in the area’s agricultural industry and in c...

  • Mike Honda Diisappointed at Congress's Adjournment

    WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Mike Honda, chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, issued the following statement upon the adjournment of 110th Congress without passing a bill to restore benefits to the Filipino veterans of World War II. ...

  • Honda Votes to Bolster the Economy

    WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Mike Honda released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives approved the “Economic Rescue Plan/Tax Extender Package.” ...

September 2008
  • Mike Honda Concerned After Vote on Economic Recovery

    WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Mike Honda released the following statement after the “Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008” failed in the U.S. House of Representatives. ...

  • Sen Menendez and Rep Honda to Protect Families

    WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) and U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) introduced the Reuniting Families Act in the Senate and House of Representatives to ensure the immigration system emphasizes family reunification in its distri...

July 2008
  • House Passes Resolution Honoring the Contributions of AAPIs

    WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a resolution honoring Asian American and Pacific Islander soldiers who fought in the U.S. Civil War, culminating a five-year long battle by Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) to help correct the h...

  • Rep. Honda Introduces Legislation to Assist Immigrant Families

    WASHINGTON, DC – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) introduced legislation today that will help newcomers integrate into America’s social and economic fabric through English language education; civics instruction; incen...

  • Rep. Honda Hosts Foreclosure Prevention Workshop

    SAN JOSE, CA – Rep. Mike Honda hosted a workshop today on foreclosure prevention in which public and non-profit agencies provided one-on-one counseling to local homeowners. ...

June 2008 May 2008 April 2008
  • Rep. Honda Announces Partnership to Boost Bilingual Ed

    WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Mike Honda (CA-15) unveiled this week a program that will train English teachers in Nicaragua through a joint initiative between San Jose State University’s Writing Center and the Fabretto Children’s Foundation. ...

  • Rep. Honda Helps Wounded Iraqi Veteran

    WASHINGTON, DC – Every week for the past two years, U.S. Army Spc. Ralph Saunders, Jr. carefully checked the mail, hoping to receive news about his Purple Heart medal. ...

January 2008
  • Rep. Honda Responds to President Bush

    WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Rep Michael Honda issue the following response to President Bush: "As I listened to President Bush deliver the State of the Union last night, I could not help but compare his reality with the reality back home in San Jose, Mil...

  • Award for Best Website in Congress Goes to Rep Honda

    WASHINGTON, DC – It is official. It is the fastest the mouse in the West…and the Midwest, and the East too. At the very least, it’s the most effective mouse in the 110th Congress –figuratively speaking. ...

  • Veteran Service Organizations Support Honda's Healthcare Initiative

    WASHINGTON, DC – Three major veteran service organizations testified yesterday in support of a bill introduced by Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) that protects uninsured veterans from being saddled with hospital bills for emergency care received at non-Ve...

December 2007 November 2007
  • World AIDS Day 2007

    WASHINGTON, DC – December 1 is World AIDS Day, a time to call attention to the urgent need for greater quality treatment, care, and support for the millions of people around the world who are living with this devastating disease and for the expansi...

  • Honda Introduces Bill to Safeguard Voting Rights

    WASHINGTON, DC – If an American living overseas wishes to vote in a U.S. election, chances are his or her vote would not be counted. In fact, less than 30 percent of overseas Americans who requested an absentee ballot in 2006 actually received one....

  • WWII Filipino Veterans Wait on US Veterans Day

    WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Rep Honda published the following statement in an editorial for the Milpitas Post. "As the American people take this weekend to honor our veterans of past and present wars, a dying number of World War II's bravest remain strip...

  • Rep. Mike Honda Introduces Bi-partisan Bill to Boost Hepatitis Research

    WASHINGTON, DC – Aiming to reduce the number of Hepatitis-B victims, Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA)  and Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) recently introduced a bill that could boost immunization rates against the disease and increase funding for Hepatit...

  • Honda Applauds Appropriations Bill That Responsibly Funds National Priorities

    WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives approved last night a major appropriations bill that will fund top national priorities, including benefits for war veterans and the improvement of elementary school education in a fiscally respon...

October 2007
  • Honda Statement on L.A. Times Campaign Donor Story

    WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Mike Honda issued the following statement in response to the L.A. Times story (October 19, 2007), “An unlikely treasure-trove of donors for Clinton”: ...

  • Rep. Mike Honda Introduces Resolution Celebrating Al Gore

    WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Mike Honda has led a group of 17 U.S. House of Representatives members who introduced a resolution recognizing Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations Panel, for thei...

  • Honda Bill Seeks Fair Pay for Multi-Lingual Federal Employees

    WASHINGTON, DC – Federal employees whose jobs require them to speak another language but do not get compensated for it, could get a boost in their salary because of a new bill introduced today by Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA). ...

  • Bay Area Delegation Applauds FTA Grants

    WASHINGTON, DC – Bringing BART to Silicon Valley is one step closer after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) finally released funding for several key phases of the project. ...

September 2007 July 2007
  • House Passes Comfort Women Resolution

    WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed unanimously H.Res. 121, a resolution calling on the government of Japan to deliver an apology for its sexual enslavement of "comfort women" during World War II. The House of Represent...

  • Honda Amendment Increases State Criminal Alien Assistance Funding

    WASHINGTON, DC – An amendment offered by Rep. Mike Honda (CA-15) to increase funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) from $375 million to $405 million was adopted in the full committee markup of the Commerce, Justice, Scienc...

June 2007 May 2007
  • Rep Honda on the Iraq Supplemental Vote

    WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Rep Michael Honda issued the following statement: "Today the House will be voting on two bills to end the war in Iraq. I strongly believe that Congress must act decisively in light of the President’s failed strategy in Ira...

  • Rep. Honda Commemorates World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day

    WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA) issued the following statement on International Red Cross Day: “Today, I am proud to celebrate International Red Cross Day, an occasion on which we mark the many contributions that the Red Cross...

  • Honda Recognizes National Hepatitis B Awareness

    WASHINGTON, DC – This week, health advocates from around the country are participating in a national awareness campaign to bring attention to and educate their communities about prevention of hepatitis B through testing and vaccination. In order to...

  • Honda Global Warming Amendment Adopted

    Washington, DC – An amendment offered by Rep. Mike Honda (CA-15) to improve global warming and climate science education was adopted late Wednesday night, May 2, 2007, in the House of Representatives during debate on the National Science Foundation...

  • Rep. Honda Commemorates U.N. Press Freedom Day

    WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA) issued the following statement on the United Nations Press Freedom Day. ...

April 2007
  • Honda Welcomes Japanese Prime Minister's Regret on Comfort Women

    Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Mike Honda (CA-15) issued the following statement on Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s comments on the “comfort women” issue at today’s Camp David press conference with President Bush: ...

  • In Support of Equal Pay Day

    WASHINGTON DC - Today, Rep Michael Honda (CA-15) issued the following statement:  "Issues of equity and fairness are integral to the strength of our democracy. Pay equity, and its affect on every person in the U.S., is a vital issue and it is un...

  • Honda Praises Announcement Of Congressional Hearings on Tillman

    WASHINGTON, DC –  Today, Representative Michael M. Honda (San Jose, CA) commented on the positive response by Rep. Henry A. Waxman (CA-30), Chairman, US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to Rep. Honda’s c...

March 2007
  • Rep. Honda Statement On Breaking Cpl Pat Tillman News

    WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Mike Honda (San Jose, CA) issued the following statement regarding recent reports that a top US general advised, within days of the 2004 fratricide of Army Corporal Pat Tillman, that President Bush be warned not to say ...

  • Honoring César Chávez Day

    WASHINGTON, DC – March 31, 2007 marks another year where countless Americans throughout the country will celebrate César Chávez’s birthday and lifetime of accomplishments. Let us remember the legacy of César Chávez, one of the greatest civil ...

  • Rep. Honda Outraged By Census Confidentiality Breaches

    WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Mike Honda (CA-15) issued the following statement regarding a report confirming the Census Bureau’s release of detailed information about Japanese Americans to security agencies during World War II: ...

  • Honda Introduces Global Warming Education Act

    WASHINGTON, DC –  Today, Representative Michael M. Honda (CA–15) introduced the Global Warming Education Act (H.R. 1728), legislation that would create an education program in the National Science Foundation to broaden the understanding of h...

  • Honda Calls For Tillman Friendly-Fire Hearings

    WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Mike Honda (San Jose, CA) wrote to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, requesting that the body conduct hearings into the 2004 “friendly-fire” combat death of Army Ranger and San J...

  • Honda On Tillman Investigation: Serious Questions Remain

    WASHINGTON, DC – Today, following a Department of Defense briefing on the Pat Tillman “friendly-fire” investigation, Rep. Mike Honda (San Jose, CA) issued the following statement: ...

  • Honda Dismayed By Tillman Report Leak

    WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Mike Honda (San Jose, CA) issued the following statement regarding the March 23, 2007 leak of results of the Defense Department investigation into the friendly fire combat death of San Jose native, Army Ranger Pat Tillm...

  • Iranian Political Dissident Granted Refugee Status

    WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA) issued the following statement on the case of Ms. Zahra Kamalfar, an Iranian political refugee who has been granted Canadian refugee status after living for two years in Russian airport: ...

  • Honda Statement on Emergency War Supplemental

    WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Rep Michael Honda issued the following statement: "I’ve opposed this war from the very beginning.  The American people were misled by the Bush Administration into supporting this war, and in November they sent a cle...

  • Boxer, Honda Ask DoD Inspector General To Give Tillman Family Time

    WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Rep. Michael Honda (CA – 15) wrote the Pentagon Inspector General to ask that the family of Army Corporal Patrick Tillman be given a “reasonable opportunity” to review the findings...

  • Rep. Honda Introduces Bill Supporting Korean Victims

    WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Michael M. Honda (CA - 15) introduced H.R. 1397, a piece of legislation that would provide relief to a group of Korean victims of immigration fraud. Over a twelve year period, an INS supervisor accepted $500,000 in brib...

  • Honda Introduces Bill Protecting Student Privacy In Military Recruiting

    WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Michael M. Honda (CA – 15), introduced the Student Privacy Protection Act (formerly H.R. 551, 109th Congress). The measure, an amendment to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), would direct local educational...

February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006
  • Rep. Honda Skeptical of Administration Nuclear Power Plan

    WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA), Ranking Democrat on the Energy Subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Science today questioned the economic rationality of domestic nuclear fuel reprocessing technologies as well as the impact of reproc...

  • CAPAC Hails National Public Health Week

    WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) – joined by CAPAC Health Task Force Chair Rep. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU) – today issued the following statement in recognition...

March 2006
  • Honda Joins Rally for Hurricane Survivors

    WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Mike Honda called on President Bush to take immediate action to prevent the eviction of Hurricane Katrina survivors from their temporary residences. According to federal guidelines, beginning tomorrow, 7,000 Katr...

  • Asian Pacific American and Hispanic Caucus Calls on Chairmain Spector for Humane Immigration Reform

    WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) wrote a letter to Senator Arlen Specter, Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary calling for comprehensive immigra...

  • Honda Calls Patriot Act Changes Window-dressing

    WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives is to consider today provisions extending the 2001 Patriot Act which was set to sunset at the end of last year. Honda considers the Senate modifications to the Patriot Act, S. 2271, as superficial ...

February 2006
  • Honda Cites Linguistic Barriers in Medicare Part D

    WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Mike Honda, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) today hosted a national press event at the Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum to highlight the linguistic and cultural barriers that...

  • Honda Named to Special Task Force on Hurricane Katrina

    WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Mike Honda today accepted an invitation from House Democratic Caucus Chairman James E. Clyburn (SC) today to join a special Task Force on Hurricane Katrina. ...

  • Need to Break Oil Addiction is Old News

    WASHINGTON DC - Today, Rep Michael Honda published the following opinion piece in The Hill newspaper: In his State of the Union address last month, President Bush stressed America’s need to break its “addiction to oil” – a welcome change from...

January 2006
  • 77th Birthday of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

    WASHINGTON, DC – On January 16th, we honor the heroic life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a man who inspired us with his noble vision and compassionate message for humanity. Dr. King preached non-violence in the fight for freedom, shaking the found...

December 2005
  • Honda Joins Fight Against Enforcement-Only Immigration Bill

    WASHINGTON, DC – US Rep. Mike Honda, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), today joined CAPAC Immigration Task Force Chair Neil Abercrombie and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) and the Congressional Bla...

  • Honda Supports VTA Decision to Withdraw BART Project

    WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Mike Honda  today joined Silicon Valley leaders in supporting the decision by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to request a temporary withdrawal of the BART to San José project from preliminary engi...

  • Honda Fights for Filipino Vets' Right to Earned Benefits

    WASHINGTON, DC – US Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), today hosted a forum to highlight the ongoing fight for equality and justice waged for decades by Filipino veterans of World War II. ...

November 2005
  • Honda Secures Funds for Gang Task Force Youth Center

    WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Mike Honda (D-San José) today announced that he succeeded in securing $100,000 for the Gilroy Gang Task Force Youth Center in the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. ...

  • Iraq Withdrawal Resolution

    WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Resolution 571, a measure calling for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. Forces from Iraq, will be considered under highly irregular procedures. The measure was introduced today by Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan ...

September 2005
  • National Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration

    WASHINGTON DC - Today, Rep Michael Honda released this statement regarding National Hispanic Heritage Month: As our country celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month, I encourage both Hispanic Americans and non-Hispanics to recognize the Hispanic c...

  • Special Session of Congress Convenes to Authorize Funds

    WASHINGTON, DC –  Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA) today released the following statement regarding passage of a $10.5 billion emergency supplemental spending bill to provide disaster relief for Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama as the Gulf Coa...

August 2005
  • Honda Sends Open Letter of Support to Cindy Sheehan

    WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA) today sent an open letter to Cindy Sheehan, mother of Iraq War casualty Casey Sheehan, as she resumes her vigil outside President Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas. Text of the Honda letter is as follo...
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