Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Michael M. Honda [D, CA-17]

Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...the city boasts more than 110 manufacturing businesses, including 30 working in clean technologies. During a recent visit, Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., whose district includes the Silicon Valley, lauded companies like Apple, Google and Intel for world-cha

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Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...boasts more than 110 manufacturing businesses, including 30 working in clean technologies. During a recent visit, U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, whose district includes Silicon Valley, lauded companies like Apple, Google and Intel for world-changing innovations,

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Japan mayor: Lack of sensitivity on sex comment

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

..."That goes without saying," Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said Tuesday in Washington. In a tweet Wednesday, Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat who has urged Japan to take responsibility for wartime sex slavery, called Hashimoto's remarks that "comfort

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Japan mayor: Lack of sensitivity on sex comment

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...goes without saying,’’ Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said Tuesday in Washington. In a tweet Wednesday, Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat who has urged Japan to take responsibility for wartime sex slavery, called Hashimoto’s remarks that ‘‘c

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Silicon Valley bigwigs raising money for Ro Khanna

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...Khanna, the former Obama administration official who’s challenging fellow Democrat Rep. Mike Honda in the 17th Congressional District, has a fundraiser scheduled for Thursday night in San Francisco with some of Silicon Valley’s big names. The top ho

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Clamoring for the Khalifa

2013-05-12T01:00:00Z

...Pakistan."Ahmadi Muslims continue to demonstrate an unwavering dedication towards peace, freedom and harmony," said U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat from California who has met with the Ahmadis.In an interview in the library of the Chino mosque, where t

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Is an Office of mHealth the best thing about the bill creating an Office of mHealth?

2013-05-12T01:00:00Z

...2.0 of a plan to create an Office of mHealth in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should be out soon. The office of U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, Silicon Valley’s Democratic Congressman who authored the legislation, said the next draft will at the least f

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Letters from Cupertino Courier readers

2013-05-10T01:00:00Z

...the May 3 issue of the Cupertino Courier, reader Louis Vandevort calls U.S. Rep. Mike Honda "dishonest" merely because they disagree on political issues. That is a dishonest way to smear someone who has worked for the public good for many years. If vote

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Honda’s endorsers & Khanna’s ‘digital advocates’

2013-05-07T01:00:00Z

...battle for the 17th Congressional District continues as Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose, rolls out a new batch of endorsements and Democratic challenger Ro Khanna fires up his digital grassroots. Honda on Tuesday announced the endorsements of state Senate P

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Political Blotter: Mike Honda touts 'Day of Reason,' Lynn Woolsey hunts UFOs

2013-05-03T01:00:00Z

...endorsing expression of some beliefs while excluding others." Following in the footsteps of former colleague Pete Stark, Rep. Mike Honda has spoken out on behalf of a "National Day of Reason" this Thursday, May 2, to counter the government-sponsored Nat

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Mercury News editorial: Cybersecurity bill CISPA tramples on Fourth Amendment rights

2013-04-26T01:00:00Z

...encouraged to. Local representatives to Congress include (clockwise from top left) Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Rep. Anna Eshoo, Rep. Mike Honda and Rep. Jackie Speier. (Staff archives) Silicon Valley's members of Congress know that cybersecurity can be accomplish

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Political Blotter: Rep. Eric Swalwell raises big money, and now has Nancy Pelosi on his side

2013-04-19T01:00:00Z

...Swalwell.) Still, Swalwell's first-quarter fundraising outstripped that of every other Bay Area House member including Mike Honda, D-San Jose, who raised $214,000 while already in full campaign mode due to the challenge posed by fellow Democrat Ro Khann

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Honda girding for primary challenge

2013-04-17T01:00:00Z

...Rep. Mike Honda isn’t what you’d call a political brawler. On Capitol Hill, the 71-year-old Democrat is known as a genial, grandfatherly figure. Every two years, he manages to win reelection by landslide margins, usually against obscure opponents. B

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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Indian-American candidates rally around Mike Honda

2013-04-16T01:00:00Z

...After rolling out endless endorsements from powerful elected officials throughout California and even nationally, here's Rep. Mike Honda's capper: an article in the newspaper India Abroad headlined "Five desi stalwarts pitch for Honda." If you aren't fa

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CAREA installs its leaders for 2013

2013-04-16T01:00:00Z

...the Chinese American Real Estate Association's 2013 leadership team at its installation dinner last month. U.S. Rep. Mike Honda installed 2013 CAREA president Dexter Lat, a Realtor with RE/MAX One Alliance, along with the association's officers and boar

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Swalwell raised big money in 2013′s first quarter

2013-04-16T01:00:00Z

...Swalwell.) Still, Swalwell’s first-quarter fundraising outstripped that of every other Bay Area House member including Mike Honda, D-San Jose, who raised $214,000 while already in full campaign mode due to the challenge posed by fellow Democrat Ro Kha

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Pictures from #TimeIsNow Immigration Rally!

2013-04-12T01:00:00Z

...Union luminary Dolores Huerta. Photo from left to right: U.S. Rep. Judy Chu of California, Dolores Huerta and U.S. Rep. Mike Honda also of California Photo: MomsRising is an advisory board member of the We Belong Together women’s coalition. We partici

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Anti-incumbent Super PAC Readies for 2014

2013-04-12T01:00:00Z

...A case can be made that CPA is careful about where it deploys its resources. Ellis noted that veteran Democratic Rep. Mike Honda faces a spirited primary challenge in his Northern California district from former Commerce Department official Ro Khanna. B

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BART extension to San Jose: Heavy lifting about to begin

2013-04-11T01:00:00Z

...15-mile line from Fremont will cost $3.2 billion, with the Alameda County portion of the line scheduled to open in late 2015. Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose, called the project a "shining example of how vision and determination in a community can have imme

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BART extension to San Jose: Heavy lifting about to begin

2013-04-11T01:00:00Z

...line from Fremont will cost $3.2 billion, with the Alameda County portion of the line scheduled to open in late 2015. Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose, called the project a "shining example of how vision and determination in a community can have immense impa

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