Mazie Hirono: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm glad to join my colleague Brian Schatz in supporting the two nominees from Hawaii.”

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.

In functionally overturning the last enforceable section of the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court has once again put the interests of Republicans and their billionaire buddies before the voting rights of millions of Americans.

And that includes instances where your infrastructure and facilities are destroyed during a natural disaster. There's a plan B?

In August, Hawaii experienced our worst natural disaster since becoming a State in 1959 and the deadliest wildfire in our country since 1918.