I think we need to come back to Congress and explain why we want to do this.

I want to talk to you a little bit about energy.

in his confirmation hearing last January, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said there was evidence that climate change had actually leveled off over the past two decades. In response to Mr. Pruitt's comments, an atmospheric scientist in…

I think that it is fraught with technical, political, logistical funding challenges...

Red Hill is our strategic fuel reserve in Hawaii that we rely on significantly in the Pacific for any actions that we might have to take.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate your holding this hearing to discuss the fiscal year 2019 Military Construction and Family Housing Budget Request.

For sure, all of the facilities in the Pacific Theater are important to our lethality and our readiness.

We do have specific requirements for the country where we only allow for MILCON inside the fence line.

We're all evolving on this issue, some quicker than others, maybe some too quick.

We agree that University of Hawaii has high potential as a NROTC unit, and we look forward to working with you on making it a reality.

We need to be the country of choice for partnership in not just the Pacific region, the Indo-Pacific region, but around the world.

There is strong support from PACOM and PACFLT for the University of Hawaii's application to establish a Navy ROTC program.

I'm wondering where we find the resourcing and the sort of budget 'money where your mouth is' behind the Readiness Review.

NASA is a science agency. Its mission is to advance science, technology, aeronautics, and space exploration and enhance knowledge, education, innovation, economic vitality, and stewardship of the mission. That is the mission. That is why…

What problem are we trying to solve with deregulation?

What problem is being solved by what I call 'deregulation'?

I am here to give some brief remarks about what we are on right now, which is a Congressional Review Act vehicle to reconsider agency guidance. There is nothing that sounds more arcane and wonky than that. The issue at hand has to do with…

The fiscal year 2019 Budget Justification proposes a change to the TAA program to focus on apprenticeships and on-the-job training rather than classroom-based training.

I know you are working very hard on streamlining processes in terms of Federal permitting.

Your terms of service are about 3,200 words with 30 links. One of the links is to your data policy, which is about 2,700 words with 22 links.

I want to propose something to you and take it for the record. I read an interesting article this week by Professor Jack Balkin at Yale that proposes a concept of an information fiduciary.

I thank Senator Hirono for her poignant remarks, and I want to offer my condolences to the family. Senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka died on Friday at the age of 93, leaving behind a legacy of integrity, kindness, and service to Hawaii and to…

I cannot imagine that it is true as a legal matter that I actually own my Facebook data because you are the one monetizing it.

On behalf of the Senate Commerce Committee, I would like to welcome everyone to today's hearing on Hawaii's Emergency Alert System.

But I'm talking about a missile notification, which clearly we've learned from experience that there are different procedures, there are different protocols, there's more coordination, and it's, frankly, higher stakes.