Mazie Hirono: “There is a shortage of medical personnel in the VA, and I note in your testimony, Secretary Gibson, that you are going…”

Judicial appointments should not be politicized; they must be based on merit.

In Hawaii, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death, often because cases are caught after it is too late for effective treatment.

So can somebody respond to me, do you have something in writing that says here are all the different things that we're going to need to do to mitigate what happens in a disaster so that you can continue to provide services to the Veterans?

This bill will take food assistance--the literal means by which some people are able to put nutritious food on the table--away from them.