Mazie Hirono

I think that diversity in our courts is a very important factor.

The so-called doctrine of originalism is certainly not anything that I would request of any of our judicial nominees.

I think that kind of a life experience really informs you what you want to do with your life.

The Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger has already occurred. I am interested in what we can do to prevent this kind of market share capture in other vertical mergers.

We need to support strong antitrust enforcement.

Which I--Senator Blumenthal's bill, which I signed on to, which creates greater transparency.

Very briefly, the fact that my colleague is objecting to the consequences of not adhering to the requirement for vaccination is not within the purview of Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez. So, therefore, their objection as to this particular…

We are very much behind in terms of child care support and also paid family leave

I do not agree with that position.

The COVID-related supply chain disruptions have been driving price increases in the U.S.

I hope that his private expression becomes public policy and a public position of the Republicans because let's face it, it is the Republicans who have kept us from voting on a lot of these sensible gun legislation bills.

None of these measures individually go far enough, but I completely believe that we need to make a start on sensible gun safety legislation.

I have so much faith in Chris Murphy and his commitment to providing us with an option for some kind of commonsense gun safety legislation. So, as he remains optimistic, I remain optimistic.

The easy access to guns is what makes our country as Chris has said, makes our country the outlier of other nations.

We need to get that message out loud and clear. A lot of the battle is going to happen at the state legislative race level because it is Republican state legislators and Republican governors that have for decades passed these kinds of…

The Democrats have a totally different view. We respect and acknowledge what used to be a constitutional right that we had for almost 50 years.

This is all about who`s going to make the decision? Is it going to be a woman or it is going to be government?

This could not be the end because as the Republicans take control of the U.S. House and Senate, then there will be a push for a nationwide ban.

The law either is there and it applies, in which case the Department of Justice should enforce it.

We have a bunch of justices who are very radical.

I think the Supreme Court should have a code of ethics.

One thing we`ll do is to push for more Democratic pro-choice senators. But this fight is going to be taking place a lot at the state level because it is the state legislators who are passing all of these anti-abortion bills and they have…

A 50-50 Senate sucks. That is why we need more than 50 Democratic senators.

Yes. I suggest that we all do our jobs.

I agree. We should get on with it, and we should start with Republicans not boycotting the numerous times that, Mr. Chairman, you have called on us to do our jobs on this Committee.