U.S. State Attorneys General

I want to note that the oil and gas industry gets about $5 billion a year in tax breaks.

I think this is absolutely unacceptable; 50 years since the passage of the Fair Housing Act, which banned discrimination in lending.

Will you commit as part of that report, to address the ability of our legislation to protect Senior VA Executives from the corrosive impact of political interference?

I am concerned that the law is being applied in an inconsistent and inappropriate manner.

I have consistently fought for construction of community-based care options for Hawaii veterans living on the neighbor islands.

I think that it is very important as a consideration that some of this information is repeated to them when they reach veteran status because they do have a lot of information.

I know we can do a heck of a lot more to make that transition seamless.

I ask this question of every nominee who comes before any of the Committees I sit on.

Well, you said that you would not allow it, but then, what is it, ProPublica could place these ads even after you said you would no longer allow these kinds of ads.

I think common sense would tell us...

Well, you have to make assessments as to what constitutes hate speech.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has proposed a new extreme vetting initiative, which they have renamed visa lifecycle vetting.

So that alarm should never have gone off at Joint Base Pearl Harbor.

I will say that the particular individual did not make the right decision.

To me, this really underscores how important it is that we not create an environment where a missile strike comes our way to Hawaii, or anyplace else for that matter, because it is rather astounding to contemplate what might happen if…

As we sit here and have this really robust discussion, is there some kind of a technical problem with the military, the DoD and PACOM, pressing the button that sends the alert to everybody in our state?

This hearing presents a good opportunity to bring State and Federal officials together to work to regain the public's trust after such a traumatizing event.

The fact that the people of Hawaii and the hundreds of thousands of visitors in the State that day immediately presumed the missile originated from North Korea speaks to the broader concern about the potential for conflict and the threat…

That's why I think the legislation that's been introduced to make sure that ballistic missile threats are alerted at the Federal level is so important.

I do not believe other states are prepared.

I share the sentiment that Senator Schatz initially stated, which is that maybe when it comes to natural disasters...

The false missile alert also made clear the need for improvements to the distribution side of our Emergency Alert System.

Our congressional delegation is of one mind in getting to the bottom of what happened and making sure that it never happens again.

It is my judgment that there is nothing more Federal than an incoming ICBM.