There is nothing like actually visiting a place to gain a fuller, I think, appreciation of what is going on.

I did want to take a moment to thank you for your commitment to protecting Hawaii's precious landscapes in the President's 2017 budget.

Do you have enough money in your Fiscal Year '17 budget proposal to do the kinds of things that you are doing because it is not just happening in Hawaii.

Thank you, and I thank the Chairwoman's leadership in the wildfire issue.

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I want to understand that discrepancy.

We have a terrible problem with homelessness.

You can count on me to try to support this as much possible.

What is the new timeframe, and when do you anticipate being taken off the GAO's high-risk list?

Last week, CMS announced a partnership with Hawaii to help navigate how to best leverage Medicaid in the effort to reduce homelessness.

I think it is an important way to make sure we can--for Hawaii, it is 40 percent, 50 percent of the market.

With the exception of our longstanding commitments to the Republic of Korea and Japan, we've largely had a 'places, not bases' defense posture in the Asia Pacific.

good spectrum policy requires both licensed and unlicensed spectrum.

we actually need an unlicensed plan that involves low-band, mid-band, and high-band spectrum.

it has democratized Internet access.

I think we all agree on the objectives of the FCC.

I think we need a clear plan to support continued innovation in the unlicensed band.