This body has a rich history of acknowledging that Native issues can rise above beltway party politics.

Serving Native Hawaiians is foundational to my service in the Senate.

we have not carried out a serious campaign to do so to defeat Al Qaeda in Syria specifically

your request of $500 million to counter ISIS in Syria does not include any mention or dollars to go after Al Qaeda

Sir, I think the reason why ISIS you are saying is now a greater danger is because it was not taken seriously--one reason among many--it was not taken seriously from the beginning.

Al Qaeda's presence in Syria is far greater today than it ever was before

today the Secretary of Homeland Security has the opportunity to prevent an injustice and keep a family together. At 9 a.m. Hawaii time, Andres Magana-Ortiz was scheduled to report to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in…

I am certainly supportive because when you are talking about intermittent energy, storage is a huge part of how we can actually bring all of that online.

I thank my colleague and friend from Florida for complimenting my State, but for, most importantly, again, putting a face and names to those who are suffering as a result of our broken immigration policy. You know, for us here, we can…

Rolling back financial regulations that are in place to protect the American people will put them and our country's economic security at risk. However, the Financial CHOICE Act that is being considered by Congress today does just that: it…

I think that is a rather tactful response because in the area of moving toward clean energy and energy self-sufficiency, tax credits and other kinds of support that governments at both the state and federal levels have been very much…

Our current immigration policies are hurting families, tearing them apart, and deporting people who are part of the very fabric of our communities. I have a few people in particular I plan to talk about and whose stories I will be sharing…

I thank my friend for his leadership and his commitment to not only the families and the people in his district, but to the challenges that many families are facing all across the country, and I look forward to continuing to work with him…

This ought not to be a partisan issue.

I think that's a great point. Technology, and particularly communications and information portions of technology, are pervasive in our economy.

All I want is your commitment to work with us, understanding that coming from an island in the Pacific, coming from a place that is far away, that we're going to need to work with you in a way that may be different from all the other…

The government must increase its investment in projects that will support the movement of goods and people by land, sea, and air.

I am worried in the extreme about the lack of leadership positions for which we have a nominee at all in the Defense Department, in the State Department.