Mazie Hirono: “This hearing presents a good opportunity to bring State and Federal officials together to work to regain the public's…”

I happen to be the only naturalized citizen sitting on this committee, and I am horrified by the implication that naturalized citizens basically get second-class citizenship.

With Hawaii being home to 40% of the country’s endangered and threatened plant species in the country, celebrating biodiversity and promoting environmental conservation is critical to uplifting our state’s history and culture.

He’s putting in all the people that will support him, or have a relationship to him.

As far as I'm concerned, we did not do that adequately during the Kavanaugh hearings.