This amendment is not a coastal resilience amendment. This amendment has nothing to do with the underlying bill; in fact, it was a miracle that it was ruled germane. This amendment instead is simply an unneeded handout to oil and gas…

We understand that for some industries interested in the exploitation of our oceans that the Marine Mammal Protection Act is inconvenient. We understand that we ask for limitations on the activities of those industries, which would…

Invasive species have drastically impacted agriculture in Hawaii, threatening some of the island's most valuable crops.

American agriculture doesn't much care about partisanship and is, in fact, a unifier across our nation.

I would deeply appreciate this Committee's careful consideration of my proposal, given the unique challenges we face in preventing and controlling invasives.

the investigation was based on the thinnest of suspicions and an intrusive investigation. That is not what the IG concluded. Once again, Barr misleads and that's using a nice word.

the president hopes is that by continuing to lie to the American people as he does from day one of the presidency, that the American public will be fooled.

we have an attorney general whose first instinct always is to protect the president.

Can anyone seriously dispute that our Federal fiscal house is seriously out of order? Our national debt stands at $23 trillion, doubling in just the last decade alone. No end is in sight, as we just registered $1 trillion annual deficit in…

last week, my colleague Senator Blumenthal stood on the floor of this Chamber to talk about the epidemic of gun violence in our country. Gun violence is an issue that hits close to home for my friend from Connecticut. Seven years ago, his…

I deeply appreciate my friend and colleague from New Mexico leading this Special Hour and yielding me time to join in recognizing November as Native American Heritage Month, a time for us to reflect on and celebrate the rich histories and…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 6, line 8, after the 1st close parenthesis, insert ``, which definition is deemed, for purposes of…

I appreciate very much that, in the middle of the remarks of my colleague, I certainly heard and detected support for this amendment. I appreciate my colleague in the minority recognizing the importance of minority- and women-owned…

I think the Senator from Kentucky should listen because I certainly did not find the Sixth Amendment laughable. I found his resolution, calling it the Whistleblower Protection Act, which in fact undermines whistleblower protections…

reserving my right to object. My colleague's bill was just dropped literally on my lap just now. I certainly have not had a chance to read through the bill, but the last paragraph of this bill--which by the way I think it is called the…

if you work for the Federal Government, you work for the people. You have a duty by law to come forward to report misconduct, fraud, misdemeanors, and other crimes going on in government. This duty has been on the books since 1778. Why…

The history of the United States has been intertwined with that of the Armenian people and the Armenian genocide. It was American missionaries and diplomats who let the world know that the Ottoman Empire was attempting to cleanse itself of…

In the state of Hawaii, we have the largest marine monument in our country, Papahanaumokuakea National Marine Monument.