as ranking member of the Seapower Subcommittee, I could not agree more with the Senator from Mississippi's views concerning the importance of the MSP program. The 60-ship MSP program is the most prudent and economical means to address the…

I strongly agree with Senator Wicker. Despite the clear benefits the MSP program provides, the MSP commercial fleet is under extreme economic pressure from reductions in government-impelled cargoes and foreign competitive factors. I…

our Nation is facing a serious threat to public health. The Zika virus has the potential to be a major public health crisis. According to the Centers for Disease Control, there are over 500 cases in the United States, including 9 in…

Hawaii's traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokulea and her crew are in the Washington, DC, area this week as part of its Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage. I would like to congratulate and honor the Polynesian Voyaging Society for its work…

what we do next on Zika is not an ideological test; it is a test of our basic competence. It has nothing to do with one's views on the size and scope of the Federal Government because, after all, if you believe the government should do…

In the United States, 2.1 million people suffer from dependency and addiction to prescription opioid drugs. Eighty percent of the world's pain pills are consumed in the United States, but we only have 5 percent of the world's population…

There are tools, and then there is leadership and commitment to standing against these acts of terrorism and extreme violence.

if this isn't an emergency, then I don't know what is. Zika is a public health emergency. It defines a public health emergency, and we really have to act now to fund the administration's full $1.9 billion supplemental funding request. I…

I rise to join my colleagues in raising awareness about the Zika virus and the need to pass the President's emergency appropriations request to get ahead of this crisis in the making. Some question the need for this emergency…

I think it also needs to be said that all these land managing agencies are confronted by hundreds of different kinds of invasive species.

I have a concern that the least costly option would often time result in the use of pesticides, and in Hawaii we have major concerns about the use of pesticides on our islands.

So basically my concern was that the provisions of the percentages were really prescriptive and may not help in a particular situation.

I agree that more coordination and resources on the federal level are necessary to effectively prevent, control and mitigate invasive species.

I'm afraid that a five percent reduction requirement will put a lot of pressure on the agencies to focus on those that are--for which we have tools and which are more easily measured.

One advantage ISIL has persisted in is its ability to recruit young men and women and influence actors around the world through its online media campaign.

I think Hawaii is known as the invasive species capital of the country, so this is a topic that is really important to us.

The major concern is that the least expensive often will be something like use of pesticides, and the people in my state would be very concerned about that.

The bill that is before us, S. 2240, mandates that no less than 75 percent of funds appropriated be used for on the ground control management...