Mazie Hirono

Any Secretary of Defense should ask tough questions, maybe not particularly politically popular questions.

This issue is not about abrogating Second Amendment rights. It is about reasonable limits on those rights.

Gabby and I were elected to the House of Representatives in the same year, and her courage continues to inspire us.

What has already been deemed reasonable should be a reasonable requirement when guns are sold regardless of how or where they are sold.

Thank you. I would like to just do one follow-up question.

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

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

Senator Hirono. Thank you very much.

Mr. Gonzales, you are the first U.S. Attorney whose office has a full section focused exclusively on addressing crime in the Native American communities.

As we say in Hawaii, aloha.

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.

I now yield such time as he may consume to my good friend from California, Congressman Mike Honda.

I now yield such time as she may consume to my friend and colleague from Hawaii, Congresswoman Hanabusa.

I would now like to yield such time as she may consume to my friend from California (Ms. Chu).

I now yield such time as he may consume to my good friend from Alaska, Congressman Don Young.

I would now like to yield as much time as he consumes to my colleague from the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Kilili Sablan.

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.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 22, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $133,400,000)''. Page 26, line 16, after the dollar amount…

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.

I hope all of you will sign onto this bill and consider pushing us, moving us forward quickly.

The goals set by the President will take our serious effort.