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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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Sep 3, 2018

You talked about the importance of precedence.

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Sep 3, 2018

the Supreme Court, as Justice Kagan put it, has been 'weaponizing the First Amendment in a way that unleashes judges now and in the future to intervene in economic and regulatory policy.'

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Sep 3, 2018

I pointed to an op-ed that had been written by two former White House staff secretaries, John Podesta and Todd Stern, entitled 'Staff Secretaries Aren't Traffic Cops: Stop Treating Kavanaugh Like He Was One.'

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Sep 3, 2018

This moment has become a crucible. It's a test of our progress. Do we start by believing victims of sexual assault and treating them with dignity or don't we?

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Sep 3, 2018

Perhaps if all those situations or those processes had been in place over the 30 years that Judge Kozinski was engaging in this kind of behavior, maybe he would have stopped, but he did not.

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Sep 3, 2018

They do not have their own government. They do not have their own elected leaders. They do not live on reservations or in territorial enclaves. They do not even live together in Hawaii.

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Sep 3, 2018

I think that my colleagues from Alaska should be deeply troubled by your views.

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Sep 3, 2018

Judge Kozinski's behavior was egregious and pervasive. It went on for more than 30 years.

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Sep 3, 2018

Your view is that Native Hawaiians do not deserve protections as indigenous people under the Constitution.

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Sep 3, 2018

there are hundreds and hundreds of cases that States have passed that limit the woman's right to choose.

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Sep 3, 2018

The President admits on tape to assaulting women. He separates children from their parents. He takes basic healthcare protections from those who need them most.

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Sep 3, 2018

I am particularly sorry that he singled out one of our colleagues on this side and accused him of conduct unbecoming a United States Senator.

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