"We need to find a way to fund it."
"We have identified China as our top geopolitical challenge."
"The top three jurisdictions with large compact populations: Hawaii, Guam, and the CNMI, had $1.8 billion in compact impact consequence."
"I cannot accept the consequences to Hawaii or, for that matter, to Guam, to the CNMI, to Arkansas, to Washington, to Oregon, to California."
"If you want to find out what China is actually doing in the countries of the Pacific, and around the globe, for that matter, please read President Panuelo's letter, I recommend it to any of you."
"I support the compacts, I support their re-negotiation, I think they are critical to our national security."
"I hope we can all stipulate at this point that the PRC is actively, consciously, and very deliberately expanding its influence across not just the compact countries, but the entire Pacific, all of the..."
"Aloha, and thank you very much for the opportunity to testify today on your fiscal year 2024 NDAA."
"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."
"Current FAA infrastructure is insufficient to handle our nation's aviation needs, and this compounds for a fully reliant location such as Hawai`i."
"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."