I think that we recognize, and particularly as both Congresswoman Hanabusa and I serve on the Armed Services Committee for our respective bodies, that we are dealing with a very unique environment with regard to the military.

I do anticipate moving forward with a collaboration model that is more than you all should be talking together more.

We have to be very creative here.

It is not meant to be.

I definitely share your concerns. We definitely want to work together to make sure we are providing the best services for our families.

I understand that Senator Schatz has to leave, so thank you very much for joining us.

I would like to ask all of you, we have been talking about coordinated community response... would you all agree that we can do better with bringing all the parties together?

So, as with sexual assault, we want to encourage reporting in the civilian community as well as in the military community.

And, Nanci, you are right that the military does have an early release of dependents which is similar to return the dependents to a much safer situation.

Do you think a more formal way of communicating with the military would help in Hawaii than what exists right now?

Whatever the Attorney General funding decisions are, they do the decisions.

It is very clear that this is a very complicated situation. It is very complicated, with no easy solutions.

It has been mentioned by all of us many times that the resources are scarce.

the military is concerned about how to deal with it, and one of the responses has been to allow for restrictive reporting.

So, for clarification then, the Attorney General actually designates within the Molokai shelter who will get what amount?

As people are navigating their way to safety, there are lots of encounters with other agencies.

No, we need to be on the same page, because this is a really tough community-wide problem.

Good morning. This hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee will come to order.