Josh Green: “No payment can replace a loved one or erase what survivors endured.”

Hawaiʻi is facing this storm while continuing response and recovery operations from several prior disasters.

I urge the public to support Ho‘opono Services for the Blind and its mission to raise awareness of the white cane and its significance.

Protecting the people of Hawaiʻi is our highest priority and this approval gives our state and counties the additional federal support needed to act before conditions deteriorate.

We cannot wait for every damaged road, utility pole, harbor and public facility to be assigned a dollar value before asking the federal government to act.