Mazie Hirono

The workers in my district and I know better!

Safety guidelines and regulations can help save lives, and so can enforcement.

What strikes me about the Commission's report, moving on to that, is that this disaster could have been prevented.

I completely agree with you because there is no silver bullet to anything.

I don't think that we should all be reinventing the wheel. We should learn from other states' experiences.

What the businesses in Hawaii were saying is please, please exempt Hawaii's law from whatever you folks are doing because they--our law works.

Hawaii, for over 35 years, has had probably the most progressive and comprehensive health care law in the entire country.

There is no question that health care costs have been rising... Just to slow that down, never mind bending the curve, I think, is a huge accomplishment for us.

I certainly share this administration's view that infrastructure is one of the areas that we absolutely have to put resources into.

I was particularly interested in your testimony section on the airports improvement programs.

I think that all of the provisions in that reauthorization really affect every single community.

I would hope that with this Congress that we will be able to come up with a reasonable, fair, and forward-looking FAA reauthorization.

The real-life impact on remote areas and communities all across our country... would be very extreme if we do not continue to support EAS.

But you know when you are talking about saving lives, I would say that that should have been even heavier on the side of the benefit side.

It is clear in our country that we are trillions of dollars behind in supporting our infrastructure.

I think this tragedy should give us all pause to reflect. Just as we have all come together today to honor the victims of this tragedy, I believe we can honor Gabby by going forward with a heightened commitment to respect each other…

In closing, I would once again urge my colleagues to support the AMERICA Works Act. At a time when unemployment is high, we need to do everything we can to enable our workers not only to be trained, but to be able to utilize that training…

In closing, Mr. Speaker, it is very clear, and I thank my colleagues for their very strong remarks in support of this resolution, because domestic violence truly knows no bounds; and the women, children, and seniors who are the most…

In closing, among the cadre of our educators all across our country who deserve our thanks and recognition, our special education teachers occupy a particularly special place. I urge my colleagues to support this resolution.

I would like to end my remarks by thanking Mr. Thompson, the introducer of this resolution. I heard him mention the University of Hawaii, which, as you know, is also a powerhouse volleyball women's team. So it just goes to show how far we…

To attest to the diversity of a Catholic education, I, too, have a degree from a Catholic school.

We need to do everything we can at the federal level to make sure that we are partnering with the states.

Education has been the great equalizer in my life.

We need to help the most vulnerable, because that, after all, is what I view is the purpose of government.

I think it's a matter of policy, and it's a matter of priority, and this is something that I'm hoping that before all of your trips are over, and home--coming home--that you might be able to convince the Governor that these are the types…