we are looking at less than a year for the opening of this event, so you have to move very quickly.

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…

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

So it seems like, was getting--trying to be the first state to even have a ballistic missile kind of warning system, was that premature?

It is very important for the people of Hawaii.

I want to know, is HI-EMA's notification considered proper or not?

Thank you, Senator Schatz.

I have introduced two bills in the House of Representatives to help deal with some of these issues.

I guess the problem that I see with what you just said is that's a lot of steps.

This hearing is so important because we need to assuage all those fears and those questions.

The second bill is the Civil Defense Preparedness Act, which would expand existing Department of Homeland Security terrorism and catastrophic event grant programs.