Let me ask my first question to Ms. Griffin.
I urge the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs to revisit the fundamental rights of indigenous nations.
Setting the standard for Indigenous rights is crucial for the future of our nation.
Toda's hearing is entitled Setting the Standards: Domestic Policy Implications of the UN Declaration on the Rights of In...
I can assure you--and there are just three of us left in the Senate today, Senator Inouye, Senator Lautenberg and I--I c...
Culture and traditions are the roots of their lives and if you force or cut that root off, somehow it interferes with th...
I still believe that teaching young people through their cultures and traditions helps them to learn well.
Senator Akaka embodies all that is good and possible for Native Hawaiians and part Hawaiians.
We must ensure that our Native children have access to a quality education that respects their culture and language.
I want the record to show that the subcommittee is very pleased with your leadership and with the work of your team.
Public transportation is critically important to Hawaii, which currently has the highest gas prices in the Nation.
I want to thank you publicly, you and Secretary LaHood, for taking the time to come to Hawaii in March.
I wish to thank you and the Department for maintaining the Hawaii office to manage the energy programs and to coordinate...
We are all going to be facing difficult decisions in the days and months and years ahead relative to the budget.
The Postal Service faces a devastating financial crisis.
I can assure you that this subcommittee, if we are to send men and women into harm's way, make certain they are properly...
I hope you will agree with me that this form of racism has no place in modern American society.
This afternoon, the Committee will hold a legislative hearing on three bills that will have, without question, a signifi...
