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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…

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

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

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.

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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…