Ours is a great country, and for us to take time off to give thanks is important to our spirit.

You have been a great partner in our work to improve the District and have been, what else can I say, a zealous advocate for its residents for 22 years, and I am still counting.

We look forward to continuing to help in our own ways to keep our country great and our people just.

I believe you will do the best you can, once confirmed.

Mr. President, today I wish to join my colleagues in bringing attention to Alzheimer's disease and dementia, which tragically affects so many people across our Nation, including in my home State of Hawaii. Today, the Alzheimer's…

A government-to-government relationship would make things much more effective and would allow us to manage our resources in a way that better meets the needs of our people.

Presidents Johnson and Nixon respectively introduced policies supporting Tribal self-determination.

I would like to reiterate this Administration's commitment to the government-to-government relationship with tribes.

This Country made treaties with the Indian Tribes, just as we did with a diversity of foreign nations.

A Native Hawaiian government would improve efficiency through coordination of resources and services.

All of us here in this room and the Committee staff, all will have to continue to educate our colleagues here in the Congress to know as much as they can about our indigenous people.