wildfire is a critical issue that impacts the lives of millions of Americans every year.

We can and must work together to ensure that our public lands are managed in a manner that balances conservation with economic development.

Our great fear is that the precedent established by allowing a road, a highway through an NCA is going to be a very difficult matter for us to deal with.

While I respect this proposal and the years-long planning effort for a transportation corridor to accommodate population growth in Washington County, the bill precludes the environmental review and public involvement process typically…

While I respect this proposal and years-long planning effort for a transportation corridor to accommodate population growth in Washington County, the bill precludes the environmental review and public involvement process typically required…

What we're here to do, all of us, is to try to build back public confidence.

the most important thing we have to do is to ensure that the public believes that we know what we're doing.

a ballistic missile into Hawaii is an act of war, and I don't think you should be delaying notification

The first is the Civil Defense Accountability Act, which is really focused and centered around transparency and accountability.

I believe that it is essential that we, as a Nation, recognize our darkest moments, so that we don't have them repeat again.

While I understand that rationale for this change, these are goals that could potentially detract from wildlife conservation and restoration efforts.

Trump's dirty budget promotes energy development over all other concerns and seriously threatens national conservation efforts.

Coming from Hawaii, I completely understand the importance of fisheries and the need to find a balance between competing interests.

We have to get back to the free and open international order, because that is what is really going to promote this prosperity and the economic development.

I am a strong advocate--and I say this to the people in the Army, to their chagrin--that the Pacific is an air and sea power, but more accurately a sea power.

I am very concerned about the direction that the Navy is proceeding in the follow-on contract for Hawaii-based surface combatants.

Only Congress has the authority to shrink or rescind national monuments, which is why last week's proclamation is already being challenged in court.

President Trump based his action--something many people, including myself, believe is without legal authority.

President Trump based his action--something that many people, including myself, believe to be illegal--on a sham review conducted by Secretary Zinke.

I am very concerned that there is an effort to ignore the Department's trust responsibility.

I am not a stranger, and I am not afraid of making cuts. But we have to make smart cuts, cuts that are not going to impact, and I am not talking about quality of life issues, I am talking about basic life, human-right issues that impact…

But we also cannot ignore the problems that we are creating by continuing to disproportionately fund programs that impact the basic human needs of the Native American people.

Nothing is more tyrannical than Congress taking away a citizen's right to challenge the government.

I would like to remind my colleagues that the ESA has been 99 percent effective at preventing human-caused extinction.