Mazie Hirono: “I introduced the Next Generation Electric Systems Act last Congress was to support public-private partnerships.”

The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a major turning point in our country that finally gave many previously excluded people of color real access to the polls.

I have to say that I sit on five committees in the Senate, and the Veterans Committee is one that really is characterized by bipartisanship.

Their allies on the Court are making it easier for Republicans to dilute the voting power of minorities to tip the scales in their favor, not just in this year’s election, but for years to come.

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