Mazie Hirono: “Absolutely, Senator Hirono.”

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.

That’s why Senate Democrats are here speaking out and fighting back. We know what’s at stake, and we refuse to stand by while Republicans undermine our democracy and our sacred right to vote.

This is what authoritarians do. None of us is safe from this regime.

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