Brian Schatz: “E Hawaii lahui, e hoolilo i hana na kakou pakahi, ka imi ana aku i na hana e hoomau ia aku ai ka kakou olelo lahui.”

Do we trust that companies that are rolling toward the biggest IPOs in human history will voluntarily regulate themselves?

Congress passed a law to invest in saving lives, protecting the American people, and advancing our interests abroad; it did not hand Trump a checkbook to spend on whatever he pleases while blocking funding for everything else.

Disasters used to be an unfortunate reality you had to deal with from time to time. Now, we’re getting back-to-back hurricanes on top of historic floods... That is not normal.

Recovering from back-to-back hurricanes requires significant resources, and help is on the way. I thank the president for approving these disaster declarations which will unlock federal resources and help our state and county governments…