Skip to content
RollCall logo

Heard on the Hill

Capitol Lens | Title IX pioneer honored

(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Tom Williams
Posted June 23, 2022 at 3:32pm

Billie Jean King, right, founder of the Women’s Sports Foundation, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi attend a portrait unveiling ceremony for the late Hawaii Rep. Patsy Mink in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Thursday.

Mink was the first woman of color and first Asian American in the House of Representatives and a major sponsor of Title IX, which marked its 50th anniversary Thursday.

Recent Stories

Lutnick testifies on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Lutnick urges boost for trade enforcement at BIS

Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minn., speaks during a House Rules Committee hearing in the Capitol.

Year-round E15 supporters hopeful for amendment to farm bill

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives for a meeting in the Capitol earlier this month. GOP leaders have set some ambitious goals for next week, including action on a Senate-passed budget resolution, a spy powers extension and the farm bill.

Wrapup: Senate all-nighter puts ICE in Johnson’s court

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, leaves the Capitol on Thursday. He has been among Republicans seeking changes to the FISA law. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

New FISA proposal unveiled in House

Capitol Lens | Sniper active

A sign urges early voters to vote “yes” on the Virginia redistricting referendum at the Ellen M. Bozman Government Center in Arlington, Va., last month.

Virginia Supreme Court sets oral arguments on redistricting