I certainly look forward to working with you, Mr. Kiyokawa, to better serve veterans and ask the Committee to move on his nomination and for the Senate to swiftly confirm him.

This legislation is a step forward in recognizing the rights of Native Americans.

Let me say it this way. It won't work, right?

Thank you for your courage in coming forward.

Thank you. I want to pivot back to Instagram's targeting of kids.

Trust is--last week one of the most beautiful things I heard on the committee was trust is earned and Facebook has not earned our trust.

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In my home state of Hawai`i, we are on the front line of the fight against climate change.

mahalo for the opportunity to share my thoughts with the Committee on climate change, especially as it relates to our oceans.

the oceans are not some integrated, you know, separate ecosystem from the land, and from our air.

Well, first of all, Congressman, it was great to host you in Hawai`i in conjunction with our--both of our membership then on the Agriculture Committee.

We are of course severely impacting our climate through our actions.

Your work and the investments in climate science research and observation technology have focused squarely the challenges we're facing.

I hope other states will take this to heart also because there’s so much misinformation out there about ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine.

This should not be a political issue. This should actually be an issue where Americans come together.

Look, I will absorb some of the anger and rage as long as it means that we can get to the other individuals and get them vaccinated or get them wearing masks.