"Thank you, Representative Porter. And mahalo, Mr. Chairman, for holding this field hearing today."
"I am very grateful. And now, please, I hope you will both consider yourselves part of our extended ohana."
"I have said many times that this has felt like both the shortest and the longest year of my life."
"Getting this recovery right over the next months, years and, quite frankly, as I have said, generations, will require us as a local, state, and Federal Government, and as a community as a whole, to st..."
"Central to the next phase of rebuilding Lahaina is the long-term recovery plan and development by Maui County."
"To sustain that recovery, we will also need continued Federal support."
"As we continue our work to meet these urgent needs, we must never forget that Lahaina is not Lahaina without her people."
"I will speak all 102 names lost and the names of the two missing on the Floor of Congress."
"Thank you, Mr. Chair. You know, while this hearing may be slightly different from others that have attended hearings here in the state legislature and the city council, and there is no formal period f..."
"We would love to just actually see us get to a thousand temporary units built here."
"I am very humbled and honored and grateful to be a part of this community as the Representative but really very blessed that we have these leaders here today."
"This fire ripped back the curtain for how we have struggled to just survive here in Hawaii from a housing perspective."