Political Quotes

Mazie Hirono

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Mar 17, 2013

There are those kinds of circumstances that perhaps we should be aware of.

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Mar 17, 2013

one of the values we have in this country is family is important.

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Mar 17, 2013

I think that it would disproportionately affect women and their families.

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Mar 17, 2013

So with regard to health care, then, if we do, let us hope, comprehensive immigration reform, then we can take care of the prohibition in the Affordable Care Act that disallows non-citizens from even being able to purchase health insurance.

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Mar 17, 2013

Our country is a country of immigrants, and the success of the immigrants in this country is often the success of immigrants and their families.

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Mar 17, 2013

this is all about doing the kind of immigration reform that really supports the values that we have in this country.

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Mar 17, 2013

So you would say that at the very least, for those people who are here undocumented, that at the very least they should not be having to wait longer than those who are here with green cards to access certain services?

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Mar 12, 2013

We must move in the right direction. Some of the suggestions that you made were, I think, steps that we should consider seriously.

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Mar 12, 2013

Would all of you agree that removing the decision to go forward with either investigation or prosecution should be removed and should go to an independent authority and out of the chain of command?

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Mar 12, 2013

I think they should be involved, but on the other hand, should they be basically judge and jury?

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Mar 12, 2013

I think that this is a situation, another situation, where the actual underlying law and the authority probably needs to be addressed.

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