Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Patsy T. Mink
Patsy Mink was a Democratic U.S. representative from Hawaii, first elected to Congress in 1965, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (100th–107th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 1906 Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park Addition Act of 2002Dec 16, 2002 · Became Public Law No: 107-340.
- H.R. 5297 Health Care Continuation Coverage Act of 2002Oct 24, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- H.R. 4787 To amend the impact aid program under section 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include children who are citizens of the freely…Oct 3, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
- H.R. 5296 To revive the system of parole for Federal prisoners.Aug 20, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- H.R. 5066 To amend title 37, United States Code, to limit the authority of the United States to recover, after a member of the uniformed services is retired or…Jul 22, 2002 · Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1772 (104th) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain interests in the Waihee Marsh for inclusion in the Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex.Became law
- H.R. 132 (107th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 Jacaranda Street in Lanai City, Hawaii, as the "Goro Hokama Post Office Building".Became law
- H.Res. 415 (106th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Ocean Day to recognize the significant role the ocean plays…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3176 (106th) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine ways of restoring the natural wetlands conditions in the Kealia Pond National Wildlife…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3345 (102nd) To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for prompt parole into the United States of aliens in order to attend the funeral of an immediate…Reported from committee
- H.R. 2084 (103rd) For the relief of Fanie Phily Mateo Angeles.Reported from committee
- H.R. 326 (107th) Ovarian Cancer Research and Information Amendments of 2001142 cosponsors
- H.R. 148 (102nd) Ovarian Cancer Research Act of 1991109 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Mink has won
Rep. Mink has won 7 U.S. House elections (1990–2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 16.2 to 50.5 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 56 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 56 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 107th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.