I have the privilege of representing the Second Congressional District in Hawaii, a State that has deep cultural roots and ties to the contributions that Filipino Americans have made to our Nation throughout history, from driving Hawaii's…

I am here to speak on another topic, actually, and that is what we are about to do with respect to appropriations. This Congress was told by the majority leader that the Senate would return to the regular order, and I have no doubt he…

The problem that this bill seeks to solve for our veterans is, unfortunately, not uncommon. I have heard from many of my fellow veterans, as has previously been explained, who have similarly not been able to access options widely available…

I thank the President pro tempore, the Senator from Utah, Mr. Hatch, for his leadership on this and many other issues. Healthcare policy can be a particularly vexing area for those of us who like to get things done because over the last 8…

I want to commend Senator Whitehouse for his 150th climate speech. It takes a lot of passion, a lot of research, and a lot of focus to be willing to stay on one topic in the Senate for that many consecutive speeches. There are a lot of…

So, long as it's not a government contract, where you're working with a subcontractor, which says, 'Our algorithm is proprietary. You're not allowed to--we just spit out our recommendation. That's what you pay us for.'

I ask unanimous consent that the time be equally divided between both sides during the quorum call. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

What are the tough, thorny, short-term public policy and ethical challenges that we're facing right now?

I would like to personally congratulate and welcome back to Congress my colleague from Hawaii, Colleen Hanabusa, as she is sworn in to the 114th Congress today to fill the remaining term of our dear friend Mark Takai. Colleen has a…

I very much welcome the opportunity for Members of the Administration to come to Hawaii and to see that Hawaii is much more than a tourism and military place, important as those activities are to the State of Hawaii.

I think that's a very important opportunity to re-envision how we can be a green community and a model moving forward.

How do we incentivize them to work with all of you to protect our watersheds?

Do you think that it would be helpful that federal agencies...formed a watershed protection council at the federal level?

I will get back to you after the other two witnesses have made a comment.

Unfortunately, Hawaii is not eligible for many of these programs because Hawaii is not a traditional Reclamation state.

I would like to work with you on a number of those issues including enabling the State of Hawaii to access all of these programs that other Western states have access to.

I know Senator Gabbard, for instance, and Rep. Yamane are very keenly aware of the water conservation side of the equation.

I think that the reason I believe it's achievable is, like I said, we've achieved that in the last five years we've got that five percent.