Hanabusa sworn in as Hawaii representative in U.S. House
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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., conducts a ceremonial swearing-in for Rep.-elect Colleen Hanabusa, D-Hawaii, right, as her husband John Souza, center, participates, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
WASHINGTON >> The House has three new members and stands at its full complement of 435.
Democrats Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii and Dwight Evans of Pennsylvania and Republican James Comer of Kentucky were sworn in Monday night by House Speaker Paul Ryan. All three won special elections last week to fill vacant seats.
Hanabusa is replacing Democratic Rep. Mark Takai, who died of cancer this summer. She won both the 1st Congressional District special election for Takai’s current term, and the general election race for the two-year term beginning in January. Hanabusa served two terms in the House from 2011 to 2015 before making an unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate.
“My return to the U.S. House of Representatives is bittersweet following the unfortunate and untimely passing of my dear friend, Mark Takai,” she said in a statement. “I am, however, humbled that the voters of Hawaii’s First Congressional District have put their trust and faith in me to continue to fight for their values and best interests in our nation’s capital.”
Evans is replacing Democratic Rep. Chaka Fattah, who resigned in June after being convicted of using federal grants and nonprofit funds to repay an illegal loan. And Comer is filling the seat vacated by Republican Rep. Ed Whitfield, who resigned in September amid a House ethics investigation.
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If she does as good a job at this as she did on the rail, we’ll all be in for a real treat.
why is she called Colleen Hanabusa, why not Colleen Souza after her husbands name, is she ashamed of her husbands last name, I guess we know who wears the pants in her house. just like Obama who is ashamed of being half white.
Colleen Hanababooza.
It’s like Hillary Rodham Clinton.
If you could drug a woman long enough to marry you, do you think she would want her last name to be “Hoo”?
Please do your best to establish term limits in congress
Not gonna happen, although I agree and appreciate your comment. Just look at the kukae grin on her face.
Good Grief! What a waste of taxpayer $$$$$$
We already have term limits. They are called elections. How hard is that to figure out?
example of how people twist words. Essentially they go on and on and on like the Energizer Rabbit.
Why should people be able to elect and re-elect people they believe are doing good job?
That sure does sound wrong, uh?
http://www.TheRealHanabusa.com
I guess she missed the power and prestige of being in congress…..
Hanabusa Global initiative
she could stay in hawaii and and be just as ineffective with republicans in control of the house.
Hanabusa, Hirono, Schantz, even Gabbard will continue to be ineffective for Hawaii with all of Congress being Republican. When are Hawaii people going to finally stop voting into office the same lame, incompetent people to represent us in Washington….
Hanabusa is an opportunist. She gave up her very safe House seat in the mistaken belief she was heir apparent to replace Senator Inouye. One can only wonder how long she will remain in the House before she seeks higher office like Governor.
democrats delayed their vote for house minority leader, giving pelosi a few more days to think of excuses as to why she should remain in the position.
meanwhile, would hanabusa support gabbard for house minority leader?
just saying, as gabbard was visionary as far as walking away from the corrosive democrat party leadership’s rigging the election for the female felon.