It is time for Congress to visit the issue of signing on to UNCLOS, and we should sign on.
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.
I'd like to have your commitment that we will continue to focus on the need to modernize and increase the capacity and capability of our people at the shipyards.
The threat is evolving and the ability to sustain our advantage demands a strong commitment to sustained future investments.
I am concerned that the inability to renegotiate an MOU may result in the loss of a unique space surveillance capability.
The MSP provides for a fleet of 60 militarily-useful commercial vessels operating in international trade.
I believe that some of my colleagues have already asked you about basically what I see as a hollowing out of the State Department at a time when we need to maintain that capacity.
There's no question that we're now in a period of great-power competition with China and Russia.
If you agree with the rationale I just described, will you work with me to help make Navy ROTC at the University of Hawaii a reality?
Should the Navy and PACOM take a fresh look at the basing of P-8s, given our primary threats will be in the Indo-Pacific?
Annual pay raises assist in meeting mission critical recruitment and retention goals.





