Brian Schatz: “as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar…”

These federal funds will help Hawai?i move quickly to clear debris, restore access, and begin making the repairs our roads and highways need.

These are things in statutory law. This is not the Ford Foundation where they say, 'Well, we've changed our grant criteria.' This is a matter of federal law, and they have to follow it.

It shouldn’t take this long to return Native remains to their communities. Indigenous people have waited long enough. It's time for these museums and universities to stop the delays and finally do the right thing.

We are the good guys. And when a batch of aid – medicine or communications infrastructure or food – arrives with that little patch with the United States of America on it, people go, 'Help is on the way. The good guys are here.'