[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 869 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 869

  Relating to the death of the Honorable Mark Takai, a Representative 
                       from the State of Hawaii.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2016

Ms. Gabbard (for herself, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mrs. Torres, Mr. 
 Aguilar, Ms. Hahn, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Schiff, Ms. 
  Bordallo, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Honda, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. 
Beyer, Ms. Meng, Ms. Lee, Mr. Connolly, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Brendan F. 
 Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Al Green of Texas, 
   Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Fudge, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. 
Lowenthal, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Delaney, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, 
 Mr. Ashford, Mr. Takano, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. 
 Sablan, Mr. Bera, and Mr. Scott of Virginia) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Relating to the death of the Honorable Mark Takai, a Representative 
                       from the State of Hawaii.

Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai was elected to the United States House of 
        Representatives in 2014, where he served the people of Hawaii with 
        devotion and distinction in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress;
Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai was born to Erik and Naomi Takai on July 1, 
        1967, in Oahu, Hawaii;
Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai was a National High School All-American swimmer 
        at Pearl City High School, and a proud alumnus of the University of 
        Hawaii at Manoa, where he served as the student body president, a 4-year 
        member of the varsity swim team, and the Editor-in-Chief of the campus 
        newspaper;
Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai was first elected to the Hawaii House of 
        Representatives at age 27 and represented Pearl City and Aiea from 1994 
        to 2014, including serving two years as the Vice-Speaker;
Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai served his State and his country as a 17-year 
        member of the Hawaii Army National Guard, earning the rank of Lieutenant 
        Colonel and deploying to Kuwait for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2009 as a 
        preventive medical officer, and later serving as President of the Hawaii 
        National Guard Association;
Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai represented the First Congressional District of 
        Hawaii in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, sitting on the Committee 
        on Armed Services and the Committee on Small Business, where he was the 
        ranking minority member on the Subcommittee on Contracting and 
        Workforce;
Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai channeled his own fight against pancreatic 
        cancer into becoming a champion for cancer research, serving on the 
        House Cancer Caucus and the House Deadliest Cancers Caucus;
Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai was a tireless advocate for the veterans, 
        servicemembers, and military families of the Nation and the State of 
        Hawaii;
Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai was a dedicated husband to his beloved wife 
        Sami, and a proud father to his children Matthew and Kaila; and
Whereas with his death, his State and the Nation have lost an exceptional 
        leader, public servant, and a true ambassador of the aloha spirit: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the 
death of the Honorable Mark Takai, a Representative from the State of 
Hawaii.
    Resolved, That the Clerk communicate this resolution to the Senate 
and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased.
    Resolved, That when the House adjourns today, it adjourn as a 
further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased.
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