the Federal Government's total expenditures are closing in on $3 billion or in that range in totality.
To sustain that recovery, we will also need continued Federal support.
As we continue our work to meet these urgent needs, we must never forget that Lahaina is not Lahaina without her people.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. You know, while this hearing may be slightly different from others that have attended hearings her...
I encourage Congress to think about passing the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act.
This fire ripped back the curtain for how we have struggled to just survive here in Hawaii from a housing perspective.
It is a challenge to try to all be on the same page, and it is probably going to start with a recommendation.
We could help unleash private capital for home construction by guaranteeing and securitizing the construction of one to ...
We need Congress to step up and invest in affordable housing in advance of disaster so that we are not already in a shor...
the Federal Government and the Federal agencies are ultimately people, and people have motivations.
Aloha to everybody. And I join my colleagues up here in saying a very special mahalo to each and all of you for coming h...
I have said many times that this has felt like both the shortest and the longest year of my life.
It is also about how we build housing people can afford.
It is not as if it is going to be done by the end of the year.
Thank you, Representative Porter. And mahalo, Mr. Chairman, for holding this field hearing today.
I am very grateful. And now, please, I hope you will both consider yourselves part of our extended ohana.
Getting this recovery right over the next months, years and, quite frankly, as I have said, generations, will require us...
I am very humbled and honored and grateful to be a part of this community as the Representative but really very blessed ...
