"I also hear that you are subjecting tribal governments to creditworthiness tests that they can't possibly meet."
"Tribal nations are essential partners in our energy future."
"It is time to implement."
"I am mad. This is preposterous."
"I can't keep hearing from Native communities that they are being kept away from grant funding by poor outreach."
"No more excuses. I want to know when these loans are going out."
"Red Hill is not the only aging infrastructure in Hawaii, that is for sure, and I would like you to speak to the sort of more basic, more mundane needs regarding infrastructure in the State of Hawaii?"
"I just worry that we are giving short shrift to the kind of boring stuff, making facilities more resilient, funding our partnerships in the region, sewer, water, housing, all of it."
"I think what we did was sort of cannibalize our budget and not make enough of an impact for it to be worth it."
"I think you have the wisdom of having come from the Legislative Branch and also just understanding that whatever thicket of processes and procedures and rules and laws that you inherited is not your f..."
"I want to sort this and track it and I want my staff to have a sort of shared spreadsheet, if you will, so we can work this together because I don't think this is a partisan question."