[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 9, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S281]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      WELCOMING REPRESENTATIVE MAZIE HIRONO TO THE 110TH CONGRESS

  Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, it is my pleasure to welcome the newest 
member of the Hawaii Congressional Delegation, Representative Mazie 
Hirono, to the 110th Congress.
  Representative Hirono has previously served the State of Hawaii as 
Lieutenant Governor, Hawaii State Representative, and deputy state 
attorney general, and I am confident she will continue her 
distinguished record as a compassionate, tireless, and courageous 
public servant through her service in Washington as a Member of the 
U.S. House of Representatives. She embodies the best of Hawaii and our 
Nation.
  As a young girl, she and her mother and two brothers emmigrated from 
Japan in search of a better life. The life they found in Hawaii was 
marked by struggle and hard work. But, more importantly, Mazie Hirono 
found hope and self-reliance.
  She also learned an important lesson that still guides her today. 
``My mother taught me that no circumstance is beyond the power of 
courage, and that when you know what is right you must find the will to 
act, even against the greatest of odds,'' she says. That uncommon 
spirit, from an uncommon mother, defines Mazie Hirono.
  I kindly ask you and my colleagues to join me in welcoming 
Representative Hirono to the 110th Congress of the United States.

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