I think your read about the impact on the city with the rail issue with excise being down, so at your request, I would take a look, but I don't want to raise expectations that that money might be released, certainly under the current…

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is a crucial investment in the future of our children, tomorrow's workforce, and our economy.

And finally, we'd like to thank Senator Inouye and the Committee on Appropriations, for this opportunity to provide our comments on the program.

Aren't you concerned about having a hearing, and having people screaming and yelling? That was not my concern.

Mr. Chairman, I thank you and Vice Chairman Barrasso for scheduling this very important hearing on the Akaka bill. We have waited many, many years for this.

I have just received notice that pending will be an amendment that will have a profound impact upon the Committee.

I would like to thank Chairman Dorgan and Vice Chairman Barrasso for scheduling this important hearing today on a bill that Senator Akaka and I have worked tirelessly on for the past 10 years.

I believe that there is broad based support in our State for what the Native people are seeking, full restoration of the government to government relationship they had with the United States.

But as I was listening to you, I could not help but recall that at the time our Constitution was being drafted, and Indians were specifically mentioned in the provisions, that all indigenous people on the continent and elsewhere were…

broadcasters should be afforded 'flexibility in determining how to meet their obligation to children.'

The Ovarian Cancer Treatment Program and the Breast Cancer Treatment Program are earmarks. They were not suggested by the administration or by experts.

we respectfully request that funding be dedicated to a collaborative, public/private effort between the United States Military Cancer Institute, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and a blue-ribbon panel of scientific academicians.

Chairman Inouye, I want to thank you and the Congress for naming lupus as one of the diseases that can be researched under the Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program.

Congress has stood with us in support of this important investment in the fight against breast cancer.

a cancer research program designed for application of military and national security needs would invariably begin with a strong blood-cancer research foundation.

Chairman Inouye and Ranking Member Cochran, you and this entire Committee have been leaders in the effort to continue this innovative investment in breast cancer research.

Because the Native Hawaiian government is not an Indian tribe, the body of Federal Indian law that would otherwise customarily apply when the United States extends Federal recognition to an Indian tribal group does not apply.

Aloha is for everyone but the Akaka bill isn't. Please consider the dangers of this bill which would sponsor a separate government for one race; break up and give away much of the State of Hawaii; set a dangerous precedent for the United…

Creation of a hereditary aristocracy with a special legal and political relationship with the United States is forbidden by the Anti-Titles of Nobility clause of the Constitution.

That is why concerns which are premised on the manner in which Federal Indian law provides for the respective governmental authorities of the state governments and Indian tribal governments simply don't apply in Hawaii.

Enactment of the Akaka bill would undo 20 years of careful diplomatic protection of property rights of American citizens abroad and at home.

I believe the F-35 is the aircraft of the future, for both the United States military and our partner nations.

Island Dodge, a Chrysler dealership on Maui, received notice of termination from the manufacturer, and was given 17 business days to close, and that action has grave effect on both Island Dodge and its employees, as well as Maui Chrysler…

As a result of these terminations, American consumers face a number of disadvantages, namely less competition among dealerships, less access to original manufacturer parts, longer distances to service centers that can perform original…

I thank the leaders of Chrysler and General Motors, and auto dealership owners from West Virginia and Texas for coming to Congress today to testify about the termination of auto dealerships across America and its impact on many U.S…