Ed Case: “We urge this Committee and the full House to pass this legislation in the most expeditious manner possible.”

Certainly, he was speaking to the hopes and fears and concerns of a good solid chunk of the electorate out there.

Native Hawaiians teach that our forests are essential to all life and embrace a deep sense of responsibility to sustain and protect all that is the wao nahele.

“Native Hawaiians teach that our forests are essential to all life and embrace a deep sense of responsibility to sustain and protect all that is the wao nahele,” said Representative Case.

I strongly urge my colleagues to join with me in passing and enacting the Indigenous Diplomacy and Engagement Act.