Do you believe that the entirety of your Department has an obligation to carry out this trust responsibility?

I think it is a very, very dangerous thing to do, in the education context.

Do I have your commitment to continue to support robust funding for the Native Hawaiian Education Program?

Do I have your commitment to make sure that all of the good people in your Department administering programs... get the message with precision and clarity from you?

Can you just tell me how the Department is working with existing education providers on Pell restoration?

During the May 11 hearing, Secretary Austin confirmed that DoD established a registry of potentially exposed individuals to the Red Hill fuel spill.

As General Milley said, war with China is not inevitable.

These big investments are important but it's the taking care of the people as though they are true partners that I think makes the difference.

Do you believe that the entirety of your Department has an obligation to carry out this trust responsibility?

Do I have your commitment to make sure that all of the good people in your Department administering programs...get the message with precision and clarity from you?

As General Milley said, war with China is not inevitable.

During the May 11 hearing, Secretary Austin confirmed that DoD established a registry of potentially exposed individuals to the Red Hill fuel spill.

I think it is a very, very dangerous thing to do, in the education context.

I do think it is really important that you have your people drill down, and just make sure that all the good people doing all the good work, understand that they have an obligation, under Federal law.

These are the kinds of things that define our relationship with these Pacific Island leaders, whether we respect them.

I think it's really important that we understand how achieved partnerships are compared to these weapon systems.

My office has heard concerns with the--from current prison education providers about difficulties working with the Department on the implementation of Pell eligibility.

Negotiations are ongoing, but I think they're going reasonably well and the strategic importance of these relationships with the Freely Associated States continue to grow.

Do you believe that the entirety of your Department has an obligation to carry out this trust responsibility?

I want to submit for the record a Unified Statement from Hawaii State Leaders about the importance of pure water and the remediation of the lands impacted by the Red Hill Fuel Spill.

Do I have your commitment to continue to support robust funding for the Native Hawaiian Education Program?

Can you reassure the people of Hawaii that Red Hill will never be used for fuel storage or fuel operations once it is emptied?

the way to get engagement is to upset kids.

I was disappointed to see that the budget request makes no mention of the Native Hawaiian community.

the way to get engagement is to upset kids.