Brian Schatz: “I go back to the original five objectives. And none of them have been met. Some of them have changed, but none of them…”

And I want to be really clear about this. Sure, this is a jurisdictional dispute. Sure, this is a legal matter. A, this is a law, not a suggestion. B, this just doesn't go through HHS. They have no jurisdiction here.

But now the State Department has to start executing on what the law says.

I appreciated hearing directly from leaders who are working every day to get more housing built about what we can do to help.

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