"the Native Hawaiian people are an indigenous people this is not race-based legislation."
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"I particularly appreciate the comments made by my colleagues, Abercrombie of course, Bordallo and Faleomavaega."
"The thing that we should remember is the United States has a special relationship with native peoples, and Native Hawaiians are native peoples."
"The legislature of the State of Hawaii...has time and again passed resolutions in support of this legislation."
"They were a kingdom. We had treaties. The Kingdom of Hawaii had treaties with the United States."
"The Native Hawaiian people are an indigenous people this is not race-based legislation."
"There are critical times in a child's development when positive intervention makes a real difference."
"I am wondering what the penalty is for violating this rule should it go into effect."
"Wouldn't it be even easier if the airlines just passed out a piece of paper with this kind of information on it?"
"I have a bill, the PRE-K Act (H.R. 702) that would create a grant program to support states' efforts in providing high quality early education."