Why are we spending $1 billion on a ballroom when gas is $4.53 nationally, and $5.64 in Hawai‘i?
Brian Schatz: “Why are we spending $1 billion on a ballroom when gas is $4.53 nationally, and $5.64 in Hawai‘i?”
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Questioning the justification for the funding.
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