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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 28, 2018

It is deeply troubling to have a Supreme Court nominee for a lifetime position who isn't candid with us about the facts or straight with us about the law. In Garza v. Hargan, he did it again. In that 2017 case, he wrote a dissent in which…

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 26, 2018

That's why when I asked certain questions during the hearing, I said, how can we have you on the Supreme Court when you can't even cite cases that you misapplied the holdings to the point where his fellow judges call him out on his dissent?

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 26, 2018

It just totally comports with the rush that the Republicans have to confirm Judge Kavanaugh, in spite of two other allegations that come forward, credible reports.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 26, 2018

I think there were all the indicators of the truthfulness of what she was telling us, and her testimony was very powerful in its truth. There's no reason for her to lie, and she, as well as the other two people who have made reports about…

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 26, 2018

the Republicans and the president do not want to reopen the FBI investigation. We're all calling for that. And that's not happening.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 25, 2018

I would like to have you continue to make sure that you implement the VA telehealth bill that Senator Joni Ernst and I were really pushing for.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 25, 2018

I realize that the VA continues to be against the Blue Water vets being included in the presumptive eligibility list, but when Congress enacts such legislation, can we get your commitment that you will do everything possible to enable and…

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 25, 2018

Transparency is very important and accountability at the VA is very important to you.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 25, 2018

Whatever efforts you are making to reach out to the veterans, I think that is important.

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Brian Schatz
@brianschatz· Democratic · HI· Sep 25, 2018

it seems to me absurd that we have to have the FTC come to a company, say you're violating something, then you come to an agreement

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Brian Schatz
@brianschatz· Democratic · HI· Sep 25, 2018

We're not going to get 60 votes for anything and replace a progressive California law, however flawed you may think it is, with a non-progressive Federal law.

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Brian Schatz
@brianschatz· Democratic · HI· Sep 25, 2018

I think it matters very much if we're going to write a new Federal privacy law that the FTC has rulemaking authority under APA.

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Brian Schatz
@brianschatz· Democratic · HI· Sep 25, 2018

the problem right now is that if there's a violation, the FTC doesn't have--may or may not have a rule specifically that's being violated

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 24, 2018

Would you say that quantum science could play a big role in ensuring the safety of these systems? Yes?

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