Mazie K. Hirono

We do have the power. There may be some concerns about how things will be implemented...

What would we do without our staff to tell us what's what? Well, welcome, everybody. I think this is a very important issue because when we talk about the need for the public to hold the court, especially the Supreme Court, in high…

Well, things are moving so fast that I can envision that we're going to get there.

I would encourage you all to continue to move in that direction and allow for that kind of treatment experience for our veterans.

We cannot keep up with continuing to build, for example, veterans' homes that can provide long-term services.

I know that the United States is experiencing a rapidly aging population.

I am wondering whether VA and CMS support the kind of long-term care options for veterans that are more in line with the kind of group home facilities license that we have in Hawaii.

I deeply appreciate, not only the country, but the Government, which was why I joined the Department of Justice.

I believe that the ability for people to vote, which is a basic and fundamental right of citizenship and responsibility, I believe there are too many States that are really limiting our right to vote.

I want to acknowledge the fact that President Biden has nominated some of the most diverse nominees, highly qualified nominees to all of our courts.

Well, in my view, giving the employees a right of action is probably--I would consider it a positive thing.

I think we should contemplate doing that.

We have a broken immigration system, both on the legal immigration side as well as the undocumented persons.

I'm just wondering, why is it that they are so reluctant to impose a high ethical standard to itself?

I think common sense says that something is wrong here, that this was not disclosed.

I think it would be beneficial if the Supreme Court had a code of conduct.

Is there any reason that the Supreme Court should not have a code of ethics that applies to them as it applies to every other Federal judge?

I think that, based on what I'm hearing today, don't you think that we're probably going to need to do a heck of a lot more than to focus on what use AI is being used for?

I think we need to treat that as seriously as we treat other very powerful technologies.

I can't envision or imagine right now what kind of a licensing scheme we would be able to create to pretty much regulate the vastness of this game-changing tool.

AI truly is a game-changing tool, and we need to get the regulation of this tool right.

I am working with my colleagues to ensure that the Compacts of Free Association for the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia are in place before financial support begins to expire at the end of…

And that is exactly where we are today, as far as I'm concerned, that women in this country, persons are not able to make free choices about their bodies, and what--what, to be forced to have a child is probably the most freedom-taking…

I think to expect that doctors and hospital personnel will risk losing their license or being held criminally liable, that is something that--that is a risk that I would say a lot of doctors and others wouldn't want to take.

So to suggest that doctors should ignore the advice and the cautions of their own ethics committee is not realistic.