"I do not agree with those that believe that the solution to the Indo-Pacific region and China and the rest of the world is to disengage."
"We have a role to play in this, and we have programs in Hawaii that have been funded to that effect in Hawaii."
"You are obviously very passionate about the National Science Foundation, as are many of us, a national institution, and I appreciate your own personal passion and work, but you are here representing o..."
"The nature and timing of the fiscal year 2019 process has left EOIR short of fulfilling all of its current operational needs, and it is limited in its ability to reform programs that are not cost effe..."
"Sometimes the best intentions of humans are not as good as what nature wrote to start with."
"climate change is real; energy transition is inescapable, it is just when and how we do it."
"As this is the first meeting of this Committee, my Subcommittee members, I bid you 'aloha' from the Native Hawaiians, the indigenous peoples of Hawaii."
"I echo all the comments to all three of you to thank you for your service."
"You can say that without qualification, that you believe some of those attacks are nation-state sponsored."
"[O]ver 160 federal statutes have enacted programs to better the conditions of Native Hawaiians in areas such as Hawaiian homelands, health, education and economic development, all exercises of Congres..."