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Mazie Keiko Hirono is an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Hawaii since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 4, 2007, to January 3, 2013. Hirono is known for her advocacy on issues such as education, healthcare, and civil rights, often emphasizing the importance of public education and human rights in her public statements.
Thank you, Mr. President. I rise today to introduce a resolution to commemorate Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala National Park on their 100th anniversary. On August 1, 1916, 3 weeks prior to the founding of the National Park…
July 9, 2016, marked the 95th anniversary of the enactment of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, legislation that has changed the lives of thousands of native Hawaiians in the State of Hawaii. This legislation was made possible by the…
I thank Senators Schumer, Warren, and others for their efforts to get some movement on these neglected judicial nominees. When we talk about the Senate doing its job, of course confirming judges is a part of the Senate's job. In fact, only…
Obviously for noncontiguous states that is a little hard to show, and I think it really disadvantages Alaska and Hawaii.
NATO has to become a more agile organization, and it has to become more responsive to the needs that are being--the threats that are coming our way, collectively.
I think the next President should see if he or she could convene a summit fairly early on in his or her tenure.
If the United States chooses to leave the alliance and convince our allies that we have--that 28 sovereign countries, working with the Arabs, in particular, who show signs of wanting to develop a NATO-like organization, we can do an awful…
yesterday I joined millions of Americans in celebrating the Supreme Court's decision that reaffirms a woman's right to access reproductive health care. This was the most important Supreme Court decision in decades to protect a woman's…
I come to the floor to mark a milestone in the fight for gender equity in America. Forty-four years ago, a committed group of people fought and made huge strides in the battle to equalize opportunities for women in education. They passed…
The modernization and the interoperability of medical records, et cetera, it has been such an ongoing challenge.
We have two separate issues. We have changing the system for the future, and that is the reform that is in Senator Blumenthal's draft bill.
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