On June 25, the Senate approved, by unanimous consent, a bill (H.R. 2030) honoring the late Rep. Patsy Mink (D-HI), clearing the measure for the President’s signature. Sponsored by Rep. Ed Case (D-HI), the bill designates a U.S. Postal Service facility in Paia, Maui, Hawaii, as the “Patsy Takemoto Mink Post Office Building.”
Rep. Mink passed away on September 28, 2002. Her congressional career spanned 24 years, beginning in 1964, when she was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. With her election, she became the first woman of color ever to be elected to the U.S. Congress. Rep. Mink made an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate in 1976. She was re-elected to her previous House seat in 1990.
