U.S. Lieutenant Governors

We have had a long history of friendship with the Pacific Islands, and this hearing comes as we usher in the next chapter of U.S. commitment to the region.

So it seems like that is a pretty attractive bait to put out there for getting countries to bite.

Further, our security partnership with these states are critical.

This is a bipartisan issue, and we should do that.

Just like the rest of the country, there was increasing obesity, there was increasing diabetes because of it.

Just like the rest of the country, there was increasing obesity, there was increasing diabetes because of it.

Just like the rest of the country, there was increasing obesity, there was increasing diabetes because of it.

I mean, we all want to do something about it, but somebody needs to tell us what the money is going to go for, what a path forward is there for, and you have described the situation as bleak.

When President Biden ordered an extraordinary draw down of the Emerson Trust in April of 2022 it took 12 months and $388 million to transport $282 million worth of food.

Let us be clear. Congress will never appropriate its way out of this current global food security crisis.

Well, I appreciate that and certainly those efforts are laudable and need to be doubled down because there is nothing more frustrating than trying to do the right thing and then seeing things wind up in the wrong hands.

I fundamentally believe that there is dignity in every job and in working.

What kind of dignity is being paid less than even already shameless low minimum wage? Is there any dignity in that?

I want people to understand that folks with disabilities are able to be legally allowed to be paid less than the Federal minimum wage.

I have said for years that we need to raise our Federal minimum wage, and that should be up to, at least as a minimum of $15 an hour.

I fundamentally believe that there is dignity in every job and in working.

What kind of dignity is being paid less than even already shameless low minimum wage? Is there any dignity in that?

I want people to understand that folks with disabilities are able to be legally allowed to be paid less than the Federal minimum wage.

I have said for years that we need to raise our Federal minimum wage, and that should be up to, at least as a minimum of $15 an hour.

I want people to understand that folks with disabilities are able to be legally allowed to be paid less than the Federal minimum wage.

I have said for years that we need to raise our Federal minimum wage, and that should be up to, at least as a minimum of $15 an hour.

What kind of dignity is being paid less than even already shameless low minimum wage? Is there any dignity in that?

I fundamentally believe that there is dignity in every job and in working.

Money is the sinews of war. Iran understands that. If you do not go after the money, it is just not a serious strategy.