Pete Stark: “I rise in support of H.R. 132, designating the Lanai City Post Office the Goro Hokama Post Office. To bring just some of…”

“I rise in support of H.R. 132, designating the Lanai City Post Office the Goro Hokama Post Office. To bring just some of the Stark family remembrance to this occasion, my family and I have been visiting the Island of Lanai for at least 10 years and, with all due respect to the rest of the Hawaiian islands, pretty much the same hibiscus, and pretty much the same bougainvillea, pretty much the same marvelous climate, pretty much the same sand. What is so different about Lanai? It is the people. It really is. They have made us and our children feel welcome there, at home, comfortable, not overburdened, just a wonderful group of people. And when we have someone like Goro Hokama, who is almost a legend on the island of Lanai, he has served the people as a public servant for the County of Maui, the State of Hawaii, over 40 years, long before it became the tourist mecca that it is today. He has been a labor leader, an elected official, a Little League volunteer, and he typifies the kind of pitch-in spirit of togetherness that the Hawaiian people on the island of Lanai have every right to be so proud of. I am delighted to be here with my colleagues from Hawaii today in support of H.R. 132.”