Ed Case: “I strongly urge my colleagues to join with me in passing and enacting the Indigenous Diplomacy and Engagement Act.”

This has nothing to do with voter suppression. Now, those are fears and there are legitimate fears, and I accept those concerns.

“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.

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.

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