Brian Schatz

My strong belief is it will decrease total costs to the system.

I think it is entirely possible that for at least some treatments, the mobile phone just sort of outpaced all of it.

I think there are a number of Federal agencies that are doing great work in this space.

The root cause here is that our society has a sickness of bigotry

I am really interested in kind of, I guess what you would call upstream. It seems to me the most morally and fiscally sound way to deal with this problem of LGBT homelessness is to deal with bigotry.

In my view, the National Guard State Partnership Program is key to putting the Asia-Pacific rebalance into practice.

If we don't get much of an increase in the percentage of penetration, then we have to reconsider our strategy.

I am not sure that we can throw a sufficient number of vessels at this problem to actually significantly make an impact.

I want to just start by complimenting the leadership that you have had in the Pacific.

I agree with you about Customs and Border Protection, and I agree that that's currently the--likely the rate-limiting factor for a lot of our international arrivals.

I'm deeply passionate about Essential Air Service. It's especially important in an island State.

There was broad and deep enthusiasm on a bipartisan basis.

I am a big believer in telehealth.

I like the idea of NOAA as a convener and I think it makes sense, it is the Federal Government, it is the best source of all the satellite data, analysis, and all the rest of it.

What is it that NOAA does that only NOAA can be doing, should be doing?

I think this is a real opportunity for us to work together on a bipartisan basis.

Health policy is driven by what is and what is not reimbursed. Medicare has to lead the way.

As a strong believer in the power of telehealth to reach more underserved populations, address gaps in our health care system, and ultimately improve both physical and mental health care in the United States for everyone, I'm grateful for…

Innovative markets, including in mobile technology, could be unleashed if Medicare were to step out and reimburse more extensively for telehealth services.

I have talked to you a couple of times about it. This will double the availability of clinical services for about 1.2 million people and tens of thousands of veterans in the City and County of Honolulu.

I know VA is working with the Department of Defense (DOD) so that the two can share servicemembers' medical records electronically, but progress, as you know, has been slow.

I'm wondering whether we can come at some of those challenges from the accreditation side.

I'm wondering what you can do at the department to better support access to and fair assessment of education through the medium of native languages.

A more accurate message is that untreated mental illness is much more of a threat to career progression and mission accomplishment than receiving effective mental health treatment.

I think it is important that DOD is working in support of the President's Global Health Security Agenda.