Mazie Hirono

I look forward to speaking with you about this in more detail during a future discussion.

They should know if the people they are being asked to foot the bill for have any conflicts of interest.

I have to say that both Senator Menendez and Mr. Suarez have pointed out how important this bill is to the people of Puerto Rico.

I agree with you. It took a lot for us to acknowledge the situation that Puerto Rico was in and that it could not get into bankruptcy proceedings, so now that it can.

I think it is a very commonsense approach to the concerns that the people of Puerto Rico have...

I am always interested to make sure that the local community has a voice in the decisions that are made

I think we would all benefit from the actual measures and outreach efforts that you are engaging in to make sure that our parks really serve our diverse population in this country.

What, in your view, can Congress do to ensure that our federal programs have the flexibility they need to provide the types of financial assistance that are most useful to individual communities?

I agree with you and I would like to work more closely with you as to these two Hawaii communities.

I want to continue to work with my colleagues and the Forest Service to ensure that this particular project, as well as the other projects, are funded and continues to proceed.

As we talk about staffing and creating a better capacity for us to deal with these diseases, we discussed last year, a permanent forest pathologist to help the region address existing and emerging pests and pathogens.

We intend to do that.

I think that we should move to reconciliation to get these kinds of agenda items through.

I believe Mitch McConnell, when he says that his goal is to make sure that Joe Biden doesn't accomplish his major goals so that Mitch McConnell can take back the Senate.

I completely believe Mitch McConnell when he says that his goal is to make sure that President Biden doesn't achieve any of his major goals.

I find that totally amazing, that they want to get back millions of dollars without having followed the proper procedure.

SBA was supposed to apply the affiliation rule in a nondiscriminatory way, not depending on the political or any kind of leanings of a particular entity.

I think that is one of the concerns that we have.

Let's face it, there are people in this body that would like to defund Planned Parenthood at every turn.

Yes, usually the need exceeds the resources provided.

Another crisis is facing our National Parks and that is climate change.

Your documentary... made everyone, I think, aware of the importance of our national parks.

Well, the question is, Mr. Benge, do you need additional resources to enable this work to continue--particularly, as you say, in the coastal parks?

It is the best deal in America.

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