Brian Schatz: “there's no justification for a violation of Federal law being so inexpensive as to not be a disincentive.”

This will help Hawai?i move quickly from emergency response to recovery and get our communities back on their feet.

Hawai‘i’s housing crisis affects everyone, including Native Hawaiians,” said Vice Chair Schatz. “We simply have to make it easier to build housing. I appreciated hearing directly from leaders who are working every day to get more housing…

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.

While I’m glad the administration is finally following the law and taking the necessary steps to provide this funding, it must also release the billions of dollars in global health funding that it continues to withhold, wasting resources…