Jan 16, 2019
The ripple effect of all of this harm from this train wreck was started by Donald Trump who said oh, yes, I'll take responsibility for it, but of course not.
Mazie Hirono
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Mazie Keiko Hirono is an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Hawaii since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 4, 2007, to January 3, 2013. Hirono is known for her advocacy on issues such as education, healthcare, and civil rights, often emphasizing the importance of public education and human rights in her public statements.
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Jan 16, 2019
The person who could end this -- do you think she would go on a trip if Mitch McConnell said I am going to bring the Senate -- the bills that we already passed in the Senate and passed by the House, he will bring these bills to the floor.
Jan 16, 2019
Mitch McConnell should start acting like the Senate is a separate branch of government, that Congress is a separate branch of government, and he should just bring those Senate past bills to the floor for a vote so that we can end this…
Jan 16, 2019
S. Res. 19 is unnecessary because no religious test is being applied to nominees for Federal office. If my colleague, the junior Senator from Nebraska, wants to embrace the alt- right's position by offering this resolution, that is his…
Jan 16, 2019
He is one of the people who can end this shutdown right now, but I don't expect him to because he has taken 800,000 people hostages.
Jan 16, 2019
Why can't he use it to help 800,000 people who are working women, many of them, without paychecks?
Jan 16, 2019
Mitch McConnell is basically a person who will -- who's very facile, I should say, in getting what he wants.
Jan 16, 2019
It's clear he can't justify this wall. That's why he has to take people hostage in order to get his way.
Jan 16, 2019
It's never a surprise when Donald Trump does something very childish. But let's not forget who began this train wreck of an unnecessary and harmful shutdown. It's Donald Trump when he changed his mind about supporting a bill that was…
Jan 16, 2019
I don't think the president should be giving a state of the state, State of the Union speech so that he can for 45 minutes carry on about all the great things he has done at a time when the government shut down.
Jan 11, 2019
this shutdown is not a negotiation situation. This is a hostage situation. For the past 3 weeks, Donald Trump has held 800,000 Federal workers, tens of thousands of Federal contractors, and thousands of small businesses hostage to extort…
Jan 11, 2019
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Hawaii.
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