Mazie Hirono actually said...

we have had some discussion in this committee about the importance of thinking about our transportation in an intermodal way.

Hirono discusses the need for an integrated approach to transportation systems.

01/21/2009

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They were a kingdom. We had treaties. The Kingdom of Hawaii had treaties with the United States.

The Native Hawaiian people are an indigenous people this is not race-based legislation.

All of those kinds of issues, anything that would allow Native Hawaiians to not pay state taxes would have to be agreed to by the State of H...

This bill sets up a process whereby the United States can recognize a constituted Native Hawaiian governing entity.