I am a person who understands how important representation is.

Thank you. This is for Dr. Balbus--am I pronouncing correctly? So in your testimony, you stated that the climate-related extreme weather events and disasters can disrupt healthcare systems at multiple points, creating a surge in healthcare…

So can somebody respond to me, do you have something in writing that says here are all the different things that we're going to need to do to mitigate what happens in a disaster so that you can continue to provide services to the Veterans?

And that includes instances where your infrastructure and facilities are destroyed during a natural disaster. There's a plan B?

In August, Hawaii experienced our worst natural disaster since becoming a State in 1959 and the deadliest wildfire in our country since 1918.

I rise today because I, like the majority of Americans, am increasingly concerned about the legitimacy crisis at the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court consists of nine members who have lifetime appointments and can make decisions regarding the…

I would be very interested in knowing how many, because it seems to me that clinical trials is one of the ways that people sign up for these trials.

I don't imagine that you have a lot of Asian Native Hawaiian cohorts in this 1 million population.

So when you say the VA funded clinical trials, how many VA funded clinical trials are there?

The Sixth Amendment requires that there is a right to counsel.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm glad to join my colleague Brian Schatz in supporting the two nominees from Hawaii.

I urge their swift consideration and confirmation.