Brian Schatz: “Before I begin my remarks, in the Hawaii Legislature, there was a common custom to ask the presiding officer that the…”

“Before I begin my remarks, in the Hawaii Legislature, there was a common custom to ask the presiding officer that the previous speaker's remarks were adopted as if they were my own. And although I didn't listen to the entirety--I am not prepared to do that because I only got the back end--I just wanted to commend the senior Senator from Massachusetts for her moral clarity about the conduct of the war in Israel and the fact that it is a strategic and moral failure, and that the Prime Minister of Israel must be held to account for the fact that so many people are suffering so unnecessarily.”