IV 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 869 

Relating to the death of the Honorable Mark Takai, a Representative from 

the State of Hawaii. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016 

Ms. GABBARD (for herself, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. 

AGUILAR, Ms. HAHN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. 

SCHIFF, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. HONDA, Mr. TED LIEU

of California, Mr. BEYER, Ms. MENG, Ms. LEE, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mrs. 

RADEWAGEN, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. 

MATSUI, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NADLER, Ms. 

FUDGE, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. 

DELANEY, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mr. ASHFORD, Mr. 

TAKANO, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. 

BERA, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 

RESOLUTION 

Relating to the death of the Honorable Mark Takai, a 

Representative from the State of Hawaii. 

Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai was elected to the 

United States House of Representatives in 2014, where 

he served the people of Hawaii with devotion and distinction in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress; 

Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai was born to Erik and 

Naomi Takai on July 1, 1967, in Oahu, Hawaii; 


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Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai was a National High 

School All-American swimmer at Pearl City High School, 

and a proud alumnus of the University of Hawaii at 

Manoa, where he served as the student body president, 

a 4-year member of the varsity swim team, and the Editor-in-Chief of the campus newspaper; 

Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai was first elected to the 

Hawaii House of Representatives at age 27 and represented Pearl City and Aiea from 1994 to 2014, including serving two years as the Vice-Speaker; 

Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai served his State and his 

country as a 17-year member of the Hawaii Army National Guard, earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and 

deploying to Kuwait for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 

2009 as a preventive medical officer, and later serving as 

President of the Hawaii National Guard Association; 

Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai represented the First 

Congressional District of Hawaii in the One Hundred 

Fourteenth Congress, sitting on the Committee on Armed 

Services and the Committee on Small Business, where he 

was the ranking minority member on the Subcommittee 

on Contracting and Workforce; 

Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai channeled his own fight 

against pancreatic cancer into becoming a champion for 

cancer research, serving on the House Cancer Caucus 

and the House Deadliest Cancers Caucus; 

Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai was a tireless advocate 

for the veterans, servicemembers, and military families of 

the Nation and the State of Hawaii; 


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Whereas the Honorable Mark Takai was a dedicated husband 

to his beloved wife Sami, and a proud father to his children Matthew and Kaila; and 

Whereas with his death, his State and the Nation have lost 

an exceptional leader, public servant, and a true ambassador of the aloha spirit: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House has heard with profound 

2 sorrow of the death of the Honorable Mark Takai, a Rep3 resentative from the State of Hawaii. 

4 Resolved, That the Clerk communicate this resolution 

5 to the Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family 

6 of the deceased. 

7 Resolved, That when the House adjourns today, it ad8 journ as a further mark of respect to the memory of the 

9 deceased. 

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