"But a lot of work still to be done, obviously."
"the oceans are not some integrated, you know, separate ecosystem from the land, and from our air."
"Your work and the investments in climate science research and observation technology have focused squarely the challenges we're facing."
"mahalo for the opportunity to share my thoughts with the Committee on climate change, especially as it relates to our oceans."
"Well, first of all, Congressman, it was great to host you in Hawai`i in conjunction with our--both of our membership then on the Agriculture Committee."
"We are of course severely impacting our climate through our actions."
"In my home state of Hawai`i, we are on the front line of the fight against climate change."
"I want to spend a little bit more time driving a few points home in defense of the parts of our country that are not part of the continental United States."
"I agree this is a good, solid budget that responds to the times that we are living in, especially on the climate change side."
"Although it is difficult to pinpoint the exact number of small businesses we lost due to the pandemic, it has been estimated that well over 1,000 businesses in Hawaii permanently closed during the pan..."
"This impact would have been significantly worse if it was not for the decisive action of this Committee."