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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Feb 19, 2025

when I immigrated to this country from Japan, as a young girl, I spoke no English. But when I enrolled at Koko Head Elementary, I met Ms. Petri, the school librarian who read to us every week. It was Ms. Petri who helped me learn English…

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Brian Schatz
@brianschatz· Democratic · HI· Feb 16, 2025

The mass firings underscored the multiple ways in which the Trump administration's incompetence and arson is about to hit Americans.

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Brian Schatz
@brianschatz· Democratic · HI· Feb 16, 2025

The multiple ways in which the Trump administration's incompetence and arson is about to hit Americans.

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Tulsi Gabbard
@tulsigabbard· Democratic · HI· Feb 13, 2025

I believe that leaders, whether you be in or the president of the United States, can benefit greatly by going and engaging boots on the ground, learning and listening and meeting directly with people, whether they be adversaries or friends.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Feb 12, 2025

I yield 30 minutes of postcloture debate time to the junior Senator from Oregon. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Feb 12, 2025

in Hawaii, thousands of our keiki-- children--attend Head Start, setting them up for lifetimes of success. After the devastating wildfires on Maui in 2023, the U.S. Public Health Service was on the ground within days, providing care to…

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Brian Schatz
@brianschatz· Democratic · HI· Feb 12, 2025

it is not often that the stakes of a vote to confirm a Cabinet nominee are this high, but tomorrow, when we vote on the nomination of RFK, Jr., to be the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the stakes will be life and…

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Brian Schatz
@brianschatz· Democratic · HI· Feb 11, 2025

There's an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda. There's an outbreak of Marburg's disease in Tanzania. Thousands of American diplomats leaving their posts abruptly. We just look so weak and a bit nuts. Foreign policy is hard, but this is just a…

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Zach Nunn
@zachnunn· Republican · HI· Feb 10, 2025

We’ve been very clear that the headache with the federal bureaucracy largely resides within the national capital region.

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Brian Schatz
@brianschatz· Democratic · HI· Feb 10, 2025

There's an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda. There's an outbreak of Marburg's disease in Tanzania. Thousands of American diplomats leaving their posts abruptly. We just look so weak and a bit nuts. Foreign policy is hard, but this is just a…

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Josh Green
@joshgreen· Democratic · HI· Feb 9, 2025

Today's decision will help our people heal much sooner, as we continue to rebuild and recover.

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Jill Tokuda
@jilltokuda· Democratic · HI· Feb 7, 2025

Last week, President Trump issued an illegal and unconstitutional order for the Federal Government to halt the flow of Federal funds. Shortly after, FEMA shut down its online portal used to distribute disaster assistance across the…

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Brian Schatz
@brianschatz· Democratic · HI· Feb 6, 2025

I'm not going to let some pundit dictate whether or not I exercise my obligations as a member of the Article One branch.

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Brian Schatz
@brianschatz· Democratic · HI· Feb 5, 2025

I think about my constituents in the IFPTE who work at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. I think about 20 years ago, I guess, the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard was low-performing. It was not great. There was the BRAC Commission to determine…

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Brian Schatz
@brianschatz· Democratic · HI· Feb 5, 2025

Yeah. So the problem is though, you have to do research on females in order to understand what is happening with females.

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Brian Schatz
@brianschatz· Democratic · HI· Feb 5, 2025

Yeah, yeah. This is the crazy thing. By the way, different, I am an Ashkenazi Jew, right, I do actually have--there is a thing called--I think it is called Tay-Sachs or something that I have a proclivity to having it, so we have to have a…

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Brian Schatz
@brianschatz· Democratic · HI· Feb 5, 2025

I was like, now we are cooking. He was like, I want another EO to just say it was Biden's fault. That is like when they admitted that what they are doing is when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. They understand that…

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