"Native Hawaiians are clearly a nation, both prior to and after contact with Europeans."
"the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act is clearly constitutional, because it fulfilled a compelling government interest"
"I would like to also extend that gratitude to Senator Inouye as well as Senator Murkowski, who has been a longstanding supporter with us in this effort."
"The cost of living in Hawaii is much higher in comparison to other States."
"It creates a governing entity for Native Hawaiians."
"tribes have, and ought to continue to have the ability to define their own membership further"
"The United States committed itself to a process of reconciliation with the Native Hawaiian people."
"Home ownership is the beginning for somebody to launch their lives off to a much better place."
"Upon enactment of S. 1011, would Native Hawaiians be subject to the laws of the United States?"
"So we really appreciate the contributions that all of you and the panel have made."
"The authority that you are giving us as an entity, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, to do that, is a tremendous authority, a tremendous resource that we are providing our people."
"the birthplace in our Constitution of the doctrine of equal protection is also, it is the 14th Amendment"
"this is likely, from a community-based organization perspective, likely the single most important public policy piece of legislation for Hawaiians today and for generations to come."
"It is only fitting now, in the 50th anniversary of Hawaiian statehood that Congress and the United States take the next step toward bettering the lives of Native Hawaiians by reorganizing the Native H..."
"an essential component of the next Surface Transportation Reauthorization will be increasing the availability of resources to repair, upgrade, and expand rail transit systems."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have been talking about NextGen for quite a while in this Committee, and I confess that just sometimes I get very confused as to what we are really talking about."
"I commend Southwest and Alaska for taking the lead. I am wondering why it is that the other airlines such as United, American, Northwest, why they have not proceeded to implement RNP since it saves mo..."
"Well, thank you very much for that."
