There is no way to move forward if you are going to be undermining the science.

This budget repeats requests we rejected last fiscal year: Zero-ing out education, Cutting Earth Science and next generation transportation systems.

The President has requested $19.9 billion for NASA as a whole, which is 4 percent lower than what the Congress enacted in fiscal year 2018.

I do not think it is easy for you to come to that conclusion.

You cannot lead a science agency if you are not grounded by the science.

in December, the FCC made a colossal mistake by rolling back net neutrality protections. Today, the Senate has an opportunity to begin the process of righting that wrong with an up-or-down vote to overturn the FCC's repeal and to restore…

this is National Police Week, and I join my colleagues in saluting all of our law enforcement personnel and our brave men and women who have put their lives on the line every single day to keep our communities safe.

Certainly, and we have a lot of 8(a) entities in Hawaii also, so we should contemplate a field hearing in Hawaii also.

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So small businesses in all of these communities must completely rebuild, and they're severely impacted by losses in visitor revenue.

If you were confronted with such a circumstance with this Administration, would you stand your ground?

Our immediate response has been focused on relief efforts, but these communities will require additional resources to recover from these disasters.

I hope that extends to advocating on their behalf and to say that this is not a time to be eliminating net neutrality.

I think you are well aware that the history and culture in Hawaii is very different from that in Oklahoma or Florida or Maine or any of the indigenous peoples' culture.

I want to continue to work with SBA to make sure that whatever resources can be provided to all those affected individuals and businesses can receive those resources.

I appreciate the fact that you spoke today about SBA's work helping businesses impacted by natural disasters because we've had a number of them, especially in the context of last year's hurricanes and floods, and you mentioned Hawaii.

I think it is really important for you to be, for your organization to be, in very close contact with the affected parties in a state in these kinds of exigent circumstances.

I'll certainly continue to coordinate with Jane Sawyer of SBA.