03/25/2021
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"The NDS, of course, identifies the People's Republic of China as our most consequential strategic [competitor], our pacing challenge, and an opponent to a free and open Indo-Pacific."
"As an island state located fully 2,500 miles off the coast of California, Hawai`i is uniquely challenged by its geographic isolation which makes our state heavily reliant on air transportation."
"Current FAA infrastructure is insufficient to handle our nation's aviation needs, and this compounds for a fully reliant location such as Hawai`i."
"I appreciate the Committee's oversight on the implementation of this funding and, specifically, the billions of dollars in funding for port infrastructure upgrades, the Army Corps' massive backlog of ..."