Mazie Hirono: “Thank you, Madam Chairman.”

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.

Serious concerns about his ability to do the job in an objective and fair way.

As the only Buddhist ever to be elected to the United States Senate, thank you for your advocacy on behalf of religious diversity.

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.