[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 169 (Saturday, December 18, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2183-E2184]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING NORMAN YOSHIO MINETA

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                               speech of

                             HON. DAVID WU

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 15, 2010

  Mr. WU. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support H. Res. 1377 to honor 
the accomplishments of Norman Yoshio Mineta, a pioneering public 
servant whom I am privileged to call my friend.
  I thank my colleagues, Congressman Mike Honda and Congresswoman Judy 
Chu, for introducing this important resolution.
  Norm Mineta has served this country and the Asian American and 
Pacific Islander community with great distinction and unparalleled 
humility. The many ``firsts'' he has to his

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name--the first Asian American mayor of a major U.S. city, the first 
chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and the first 
Asian American member of a presidential Cabinet--dot a remarkable 
career that has been dedicated to bettering lives through efficient 
transportation, expanding civil rights for all, and strengthening Asian 
American and Pacific Islander participation in public life.
  I thank my dear friend Norm Mineta for his tremendous and 
longstanding leadership, and I look forward to continuing to work with 
him on behalf of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.

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