I hope as cuts are examined the Congress will recognize that diplomacy is an essential element of national security.
the Senate amount is certainly better than the House-passed bill.
We're the wealthiest, most powerful nation on earth. We have certain moral responsibilities and we sometimes forget abou...
I was pleased to see that your 'strategic priority is to reinvigorate U.S. economic leadership' in the East Asia and Pac...
Your leadership over the past four years contributed to historic achievements for veterans.
I am pleased to see that the State of Hawaii... is putting considerable effort into showcasing such opportunities on the...
If we underfund the core responsibilities of the EPA, which includes effectively enforcing our environmental laws, we no...
We should be putting programs like the SRF at the top of our priority list, and effectively funding the key responsibili...
No community can thrive or even survive without clean water and efficient wastewater management systems.
We will exercise our leadership to deliver practical, concrete outcomes at the leaders' meeting in Hawaii in November.
Through Senator Akaka's efforts, VA spending for health care is now appropriated a year in advance--protecting it from a...
I think it is a real challenge to really recreate a robust shipbuilding industry in our country.
So is the area of coverage one of the ways that you are going to allocate scarce resources?
Shipping and maritime safety and security are of vital importance to the economy and livelihood of Hawaii's people.
The biggest challenge will be training those members who are not co-located with their units or who serve intermittently...
Through the Dodd-Frank Act, we provided the Commission with the authority to require meaningful disclosures prior to the...
I continue to work purposefully and responsibly toward certification.
Given the many demands on the defense budget and the recently announced reductions, how does the fiscal year 2012 budget...
