I hope that you are making concerted efforts to reach out to the veterans in Guam and American Samoa.

We are particularly grateful for your recent efforts to ensure that Native Hawaiians were eligible for federal Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) relief.

In the 116th Congress, S. 4510, the Native American Language Resource Center Act was introduced by Senator Brian Schatz.

One of my goals as chairman is to bring Native Hawaiian issues and priorities to the forefront.

I am honored to kick off the first oversight hearing as the Chairman of the Committee.

Congress has consistently recognized Native Hawaiians as the indigenous once-sovereign people of the State of Hawaii.

We urge this Committee to support increased funding for, reauthorization of, and expansion of the NHHBG and 184A Loan Guarantee programs.

OHA supports Chairman Schatz's PLACE Act, introduced last Congress.

OHA's policy priority for the Congress is simply this: to further the self-determination of Native Hawaiians.

I also wanted to give you an opportunity, once again, to emphasize the importance of working in a bipartisan manner.

I know that I can count on you to work with me on addressing the concerns relating to invasive species.

I note, as several have already noted, how historic and important it is that you will be the first Native American woman--Native American and woman--to serve as Secretary of the Interior.

Hawaii started out as one of the most fossil fuel-dependent states in the entire country.

I expect that you will be very committed to working with us on Native foreign issues, as well as the issues relating to other indigenous peoples like the Alaska Natives and American Indians.

We have a very ambitious plan, an attainable goal of becoming fuel efficient and energy efficient by 2045.

I heard my Republican colleagues claim that the Biden Administration's efforts to address climate change and transition our country from relying heavily on fossil fuels to generating more renewable energy are going to kill jobs.

We have already seen division in politics, you know, leak into this evaluation.

I am very, very concerned that that is not yet at least being subjected to an objective, independent assessment that is not driven by the people that were there on the spot, because I don’t think that that results in either a good overall…