U.S. State Attorneys General

My thoughts, our thoughts, are with the families of the 15 Marines and one sailor who lost their lives in service to our country.

Regulations are going to stop some things and maybe even good things. But they are going to hopefully prevent some really bad things, too.

I want you to know on the front end, as a proud, bleeding heart liberal, I did vote for the JOBS Act because it was proven to me that smaller startups might need to be able to get reduced costs.

If it is a problem that we need more publicly traded companies, shouldn't we fix the thing that is causing the problem?

States have recognized that they are better positioned to help parents when it comes to choosing the services that are best for their child.

A child's early development lays critical groundwork for he or she to succeed in the future.

The federal government's involvement in this space has mushroomed into an overly-burdensome, costly, and confusing network of programs.

And I invite my Republican colleagues to work with Democrats on supporting early childhood education, and I look forward to working with the Republicans towards this goal.

At a time when renewable energy industries are exploding with respect to interest and job growth, and oil prices are at record lows, President Trump and Secretary Zinke are focused on putting our coastal communities at risk.

The last thing that we should be focused on is putting the largest estuary in America and a multi-billion dollar economic catalyst that spans seven states at risk of an oil spill the same magnitude and size as the Deepwater Horizon spill.

For us, the Chesapeake Bay is not just a source of great pride for our region, but it is also an economic driver.

This bill would extend the requirement for the VA to provide nursing home care to certain veterans with service-connected disabilities through December 31, 2018.

Do you feel pretty confident that we will not let this program lapse? Because otherwise you have to have a Plan B.

The 350 veterans in Hawaii, that is really a large number of veterans who would be impacted.

I am glad that the VA is supportive as well as the veterans organizations across the country, because we have a lot of veterans who need long-term care, and we want to keep those facilities supported.

I think it is important, since the need is great, that the kind of contracts you have will enable the Indian Health Services and the Native Hawaiian Health Services to continue to be a part of the providing of services.

We must keep our commitment to these veterans, which is why I am grateful to the VA and the veterans service organizations here today for their testimony in support of the bill.

I would like to thank Senators Collins, King, and Markey for their close sponsorship of S. 683, my Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act, which would ensure coverage for around 350 veterans in Hawaii, some 20,000 veterans across…

Her masterful leadership creating common sense election reforms in Georgia led to models for the rest of the nation to follow.

Americans are apprehensive----and with good reason----that personal information, such as personal finances and medical records are susceptible to hacking.

I conclude that you do support the President's budget for Interior at this point with all of the cuts that many of my colleagues have pointed out.

I think that is very unfair to states such as Hawaii.

I will certainly be working with you all to make sure that we are, in fact, maintaining a level of activity in this area and research because $5.3 million is a relatively small amount and I think that it should be restored.

I believe that there is value in having the U.S. Forest Service invest in protecting Hawaii's forests.