Mazie K. Hirono

I think that we need to recognize how important it is for flexibility for USDA.

the next Farm Bill very much reflects the commitment to the small farmers that we have.

That for one thing, on the Energy committee, that focuses a lot on wildfires and to alert the committee members that Hawaii has its share of wildfires and the acreage burned is on a par with what happens on the mainland.

Whatever you were talking about, that makes it harder for our people to apply for these particular loans.

Thank you. I just want to note that I think there is an echoing in here.

So clearly, there are a lot of grants that have been made available, by the way, through some of the really huge bills that have been enacted by Congress.

Did these farmers work with any organization to alert them to what they could be doing to make sure that the wildfires are contained?

I have been trying to get them to put fresh pineapple in our school lunches.

Outreach is really important and follow through.

the recovery of Maui, as well as on the Big Island, will take time and resources, and we need to have a continuing commitment.

I think to the extent that SBA programs target women for a particular kind of support, that--I think that is something that the SBA could have an impact.

I think to the extent that SBA programs target women for a particular kind of support, that--I think that is something that the SBA could have an impact.

As we focus on sustainability and resilience in our communities, agriculture has a very large role to play.

I would appreciate any other kinds of requests that you would like to put to both me and Congresswoman Tokuda in how we can continue to combat invasive species.

the Supreme Court's decisions have an impact on a lot of different things that you may not think is being resolved or addressed by the Supreme Court.

we need to do a heck of a lot better and there are a number of bills that would enable the affordable access to childcare, and I think that's something that we need to do for the women in our country and I say about time.

International trade, at its fundamental core, is about fairness.

Whatever you can do to get across to women in our country, girls in our country, that they can invent things and that they can be part of a huge economic--make a huge economic difference to our country.

I think that the idea of expanding and diversifying, it runs across all gamuts, including lawyers, you know, to be able to know a product when they see it.

I think that the idea of expanding and diversifying, it runs across all gamuts, including lawyers, you know, to be able to know a product when they see it.

Unleashing our country's full potential is also why last Congress I worked with Senators Tillis, Coons, and other colleagues to introduce the IDEA Act.

the only three countries that do worse than us in terms of supporting childcare affordability and availability, Ireland, Costa Rica, and Turkey.

Is there anything more that Congress can do to enable small businesses, especially women-owned businesses, to have access to capital?

I believe that everyone deserves representation in our legal system.

Whatever you can do to get across to women in our country, girls in our country, that they can invent things and that they can be part of a huge economic--make a huge economic difference to our country.