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Michael Makoto "Mike" Honda (Japanese: 本田 誠 born June 27, 1941) is an American Democratic politician. He currently serves as Congressman for California's 15th congressional district, which encompasses Silicon Valley. (map) Image File history File links Size of this preview: 393 Ã 599 pixelsFull resolution (1312 Ã 2000 pixel, file size: 539 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
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Walnut Grove is a census-designated place located in Sacramento County, California. ...
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California congressional districts since 2003. ...
A view of downtown San Jose, the self-proclaimed Capital of Silicon Valley. ...
Background
Honda as a teacher at Sunnyvale High School A Japanese American, he was born in Walnut Grove, California in 1941 and spent his early childhood in an internment camp in Colorado. His family became strawberry sharecroppers in Blossom Valley in San Jose after their return in 1953. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 341 Ã 599 pixelsFull resolution (396 Ã 696 pixel, file size: 88 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Serving from 1999 to 2003, Army General Eric Shinseki of Hawaii became the first Asian American military chief of staff. ...
Walnut Grove is a census-designated place located in Sacramento County, California. ...
Jerome War Relocation Center in Jerome, Arkansas Japanese people heading off to an internment camp. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Largest metro area Denver-Aurora Metro Area Area Ranked 8th - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²) - Width 280 miles (451 km) - Length 380 miles (612 km) - % water 0. ...
Species 20+ species; see text The strawberry (Fragaria) is a genus of plants in the family Rosaceae and the fruit of these plants. ...
Sharecropping is a system of farming in which employee farmers work a parcel of land in return for a fraction of the parcels crops. ...
Blossom Valley is a neighborhood in the southern region of San Jose, California northeast of the Los Capitancillos Ridge that separates it from Almaden Valley. ...
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Young Mike Honda (far left) with his family. He graduated from San Jose High Academy and then San Jose State University in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in biological sciences and Spanish and earned a master's degree in 1974. From 1965 to 1967 he served in the United States Peace Corps, working in El Salvador. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 732 Ã 599 pixelsFull resolution (800 Ã 655 pixel, file size: 78 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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San Jose High Academy (SJHA) is the second oldest public high school in California and was founded in 1863. ...
San Jose State University San José State University, commonly shortened to San Jose State and SJSU, is the oldest university in what became the California State University system. ...
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A science teacher, he served as the principal at two public schools. In 1971, Honda was appointed by San Jose Mayor Norman Mineta to San Jose's Planning Commission, and won election to the San Jose Unified School Board in 1981. He was a member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors (1990) and the California State Assembly (1996–2001). A principal is the chief administrator in an elementary school, secondary school, or high school. ...
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Horace Mann Elementary School in downtown San Jose. ...
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Political career Honda was elected to the U.S. House as a Democrat in 2000, succeeding Republican Tom Campbell. From 2001 to 2006, he served as a member of the Science Committee and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. In 2007, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi appointed Honda to the influential Appropriations Committee. Honda also serves as Regional Whip for Northern California and Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. ...
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Honda Attends the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the opening of a zero-emissions, hydrogen fuel cell bus program. Honda is most famous for introducing resolution AJR 27, which demanded that Japan apologize for its actions in WWII and and compensate its victims. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Rep. Honda has consistently supported the causes of civil rights groups, such as the NAACP and Human Rights Campaign. However, he has drawn criticism for his refusal to criticize human rights violations in China, a stand he explains by saying that he believes "things can change" in the country. Honda visited China in 2001. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is one of the oldest and most influential hate organizations in the United States. ...
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In November 2004 Honda was among a small group of politicians and lawmakers who were invited to spend the evening with Presidential candidate John Kerry in Boston on election night. [1] John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts, in his fourth term of office. ...
On February 12, 2005, he was elected a vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee under the chairmanship of Howard Dean. His term is expected to last until 2009. February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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On May 15, 2007 Honda was initiated into the San Francisco Lodge of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance. He is the first regular member of the organization who is not of Chinese ancestry.[1]
Support of American Muslims
Honda receives an award from the Peace Corps. Honda has been a defender of the civil rights of American Muslims. Soon after the September 11th attacks, Honda spoke at a convention of the American Muslim Alliance (AMA) in October 2001. He told those in attendance not to change their identity or name. "My last name is Honda. You cannot be more Japanese than that." The congressman remembered what he and especially his parents had to go through when Pearl Harbor was attacked. "We were taken in a vehicle with windows covered, we had no idea where we were being taken." Because of that episode in his life the congressman explained that he understood what the Muslims could be going through in America, after the attack on September 11th.[2] Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...
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In the Quran Oath Controversy of the 110th United States Congress Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) issued a letter to his constituents stating his view that Rep-elect Keith Ellison (D-MN) decision to use the Quran is a threat to "the values and beliefs traditional to the United States of America...[and] I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United States if we do not adopt the strict immigration policies”.[3] In mid-November 2006 it was reported that Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to the United States Congress (for Minnesotas 5th congressional district), âwill take his oath of office with his hand upon the Koran, the Islamic holy book. ...
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Keith Maurice Ellison (born August 4, 1963) is an American lawyer and politician who became the first Muslim[1][2] to be elected to the United States Congress when he won the vacant seat for Minnesotas 5th congressional district in the House of Representatives, one of eight congressional districts...
Rep. Honda wrote a reply, telling Goode "I was surprised and offended to hear about a constituent letter you wrote in response to Representative-elect Keith Ellison's intention to use a Koran during his ceremonial swearing in ceremony. ...it is outrageous to cast aspersions on Representative-elect Ellison purely because of his religious background. Following the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks, Muslims have been the subject of profoundly warped stereotypes in this country; stereotypes that are largely derived from a small percentage of extremist practitioners. An entire religious group has become scapegoats for the actions of a few fanatics whose beliefs they do not subscribe to. As one of the many Japanese Americans who were interned during World War II because of war hysteria and racial prejudice, I find it particularly offensive that you are equating Representative-elect Ellison’s beliefs with those of radical extremists and condemning him based on their actions. In your letter, you suggested that all Muslims in this country are immigrants and that immigration laws must be changed to 'preserve the values and beliefs traditional to the United States of America' by stopping Muslims from entering. Representative-elect Ellison was born in the United States, and his family has lived here since 1742. He was raised Catholic before becoming a Muslim during college. The spread of ideas and philosophies cannot be stopped by barricading our borders, nor should it be. …Instead of fearing our diversity, Americans, and Members of Congress in particular, must embrace it. America became a great nation through the collaboration of Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and other religious and ethnic groups working together to advance our culture and economy."[4]
Comfort women On the issue of comfort women, in 2007, Honda proposed United States House of Representatives House Resolution 121 which stated that Japan should formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner, refute any claims that the issue of comfort women never occurred, and educate current and future generations "about this horrible crime while following the recommendations of the international community with respect to the 'comfort women'."[5] Honda has stated that "the purpose of this resolution is not to bash or humiliate Japan."[6] Comfort women ) or military comfort women ) is a euphemism for the up to 200,000 women who served in the Japanese armys brothels during World War II. Historians and researchers into the subject have stated that the majority were from Korea, China and other occupied territories and were recruited...
United States House of Representatives House Resolution 121 is a Resolution about comfort women which Mike Honda intoduced to the American House of Representatives in 2007. ...
On July 30, 2007, the resolution passed through the House of Representatives after half an hour of debate in which there was no opposition voiced.[7] Honda was quoted on the floor as saying, "We must teach future generations that we cannot allow this to continue to happen. I have always believed that reconciliation is the first step in the healing process."[7] is the 211th day of the year (212th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Sources - ^ ttp://www.cacanational.org/92nd-sf-anniv.html
- ^ Media Report of the 6th AMA National Convention (October 18, 2001). Retrieved on Dec. 26, 2006
- ^ Erika Howsare. "Anti-Muslim letter goes out to hundreds — not all are amused", 12/19/2006. Retrieved Dec. 20, 2006
- ^ Rep. Honda 'Surprised and Offended' by Goode's Anti-Muslim Remarks (December 21, 2006). Retrieved on Dec. 22, 2006
- ^ H. Res. 121: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally.... Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
- ^ ""Comfort Women" Resolution Likely to Pass U.S. Congress", The Chosun Ilbo, 2007-02-02. Retrieved on 2007-03-30.
- ^ a b Epstein, Edward. "House wants Japan apology", San Francisco Chronicle, 2007-07-31. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
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