I think it's important that we have diversity in the judiciary, just as we should seek diversity in Congress.

Senator Hirono. Thank you very much.

Thank you. With your indulgence, I started this hearing by thanking Chairman Leahy and Senator Grassley for scheduling this hearing so that we can fill these vacancies as promptly as possible.

As we say in Hawaii, aloha.

Senator Hirono. Can you tell me what led to you creating this special court and how it's working?

So as you work through the 2014 budget, you have already looked at the impact of the caps with the caps in place?

But you do know that under the BCA [Budget Control Act], there are going to be caps, and the caps are not--well, they don't look like you are going to be able to recoup any of this.

So does that mean that every time that there is a release from our reserves that we are going to see a blanket waiver?

I think that we share the concerns about the blanket waiver of the Jones Act whenever the reserves are tapped.

With the kind of changes I have been talking about in this bill, it has been estimated we can welcome 300,000 Chinese visitors to Hawaii.

I introduced the bipartisan VISIT USA Act with Representative David Dreier.