Brian Schatz
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Brian Emanuel Schatz is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Hawaii since December 26, 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, Schatz has focused on issues such as climate change, healthcare, and education during his time in office. He succeeded Daniel Akaka and has been an advocate for renewable energy and environmental protection, reflecting Hawaii's unique ecological challenges and opportunities.
we have to find ways to either change things, like how much we allow vouchers to really be effective
We must admit that resilience is not a luxury. We cannot adapt to the effects of climate change by nickeling and diming it.
Does the FAA have a realistic plan to work with the airlines to achieve their goal of zero carbon emissions by 2050?
Thank you. We had this extraordinary hearing a couple of weeks ago on resiliency, especially in the context of climate change, and there was a researcher from the University of Maine who had this extraordinary technology, some of it funded…
I hope we will be able to quickly come to a budget agreement to mark up this July.
HUD has become a sort of politically polarized agency with the notable exception of many members, on a bipartisan basis.
Decades of discriminatory housing policies have segregated neighborhoods, creating economic inequality for minority communities.
Look, we have got to appropriate money to affordable housing, but the truth is, lots of local governments are actually creating housing shortages and then lamenting housing shortages.
The President's budget addresses the affordable housing crisis head on, and dramatically strengthens our social safety net for the most vulnerable among us.
We need to get people back to work, and housing needs to be part of those priorities.
This is not just a safety issue for the residents of public housing, it is an issue of both racial justice and climate justice.
This is an honest and clean request that avoids previous gimmicks to eliminate popular programs like CDBG and HOME.
The U.S. shares a unique political relationship with the native Hawaiian community.
Unless Congress acts, we will go back to the Dark Ages, with very limited access to telehealth.
We want to do the right thing here ... passing an NIL bill at the Congressional level is critical to moving forward.
If we are trying to enact a national NIL standard, ... why we would also try to complicate this matter by providing immunity against claims from former students.





