Mazie Hirono
The Public Record
It is going to take some work, I think, for us to work through some of the visa issues that you have to enable you to attract more workers.
I certainly support the idea of making COFA's FSM and Micronesian brothers and sisters eligible for Medicaid.
we would like to have the Medicare reimbursement schedule changed for states like Hawaii.
Same for Hawaii. So the amounts that come to you and to Hawaii and other places are very short of what is expended to take care of our friends.
I plan to reintroduce the Compact-Impact Fairness Act, which would restore COFA citizens' access to all federal public benefits.
It is very clear that we need to do more, and I think if we present a united front in the need for more reimbursements...
We put in a lot of money to enable states like Hawaii to get on with moving away from dependence on fossil fuel.
We put in a lot of money to enable states like Hawaii to get on with moving away from dependence on fossil fuel.
We put in a lot of money to enable states like Hawaii to get on with moving away from dependence on fossil fuel.
I would also like to note that the so-called doctrine of originalism is certainly not anything that I would request of any of our judicial nominees.





