Brian Schatz: “Yeah. Look, I think our job over the next couple of days--and the leader has been very strong on this--is to point out…”

I go back to the original five objectives. And none of them have been met. Some of them have changed, but none of them have been met.

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.

Look, if I wanted a new billion-dollar thing, I would not be within my rights to demand it on a 60-day funding patch.

Hawai‘i’s housing crisis affects everyone, including Native Hawaiians.