Mazie Hirono actually said...

"Your organization's Hawaii Volcanoes Observatory plays a crucial role in monitoring Hawaii's active volcanoes, and as you know, Kilauea has been active for decades."

"We are absolutely committed to enhancing and providing additional assistance for volcano monitoring."

"Everybody understands, including the Governor of Okinawa, that if we can't build the facility in Henoko, we will be in Futenma."

"the idea is to minimize any kind of a potential for protest, even though we know that they will occur, because we're talking about a lot of money and contracts at stake."