The State of Hawaii has become the first sub national government to sign onto the Majuro Declaration for Climate Leadership.

Disasters like Hurricane Sandy know no ideology. There is no political points to be scored.

This is the message of Aloha. This is the message that our diversity in this world should define us rather than divide us.

Hawai`i is a microcosm of the sustainability challenges facing the planet.

We regard the Pacific Ocean as not separating us in the Asian Pacific region, but connecting us in the Asian Pacific region.

And I would just like to ask people who have this political orientation towards the president, respect us here in Hawaii. Respect his mother and father. Respect the people that I loved, and the people that I knew, and the little boy who…

And I would just like to ask people who have this political orientation towards the president, respect us here in Hawaii. Respect his mother and father. Respect the people that I loved and the people that I knew and the little boy who grew…

And I would just like to ask people who -- who have this political orientation towards the President, respect us here in Hawaii. Respect his mother and father. Respect the people that I loved and the people that I knew and the little boy…

With all due respect to my good colleague and friend, Mr. Hastings from Washington State, I have to oppose this amendment because it has no precedent--or indeed any place I believe in Federal law that has been in place for well over 150…

I think the answer from the most practical point of view is the passage of the Hawaiian Homes Act of 1921. The Congress obviously recognized that there was a distinctive entity in the category of Native Hawaiians as a logical extension of…

Yes. Not everyone may have been on the floor or listening at the time that I indicated that I had a conversation with the Governor this afternoon, and I indicated to her that I would say specifically on the floor that we have agreed to…

I want to thank all my colleagues here today, and I want to thank those especially who have risen in opposition. This is what our democracy is all about. My only regret in extending my aloha to those who may not feel able to vote for the…

I could not take leave of the floor, Mr. Speaker, without mentioning the following: It is one thing for Representative Hastings or Young or Rahall or myself and others to take to the floor, but without staff support, it simply couldn't be…

The National Congress of American Indians fully supports the Native Hawaiian people in their quest for self-determination and self-governance, and has for many years. This week, the Native Hawaiian Reorganization Act of 2009 (H.R. 2314) is…

This bill is an enabling bill. It establishes a process. The core of this bill assures that a Native Hawaiian Government has the same powers and sovereign immunity as other native governments, and this is consistent with the history of the…

I can assure you that the Ethics Committee, the Parliamentarian and the Speaker of the House of Representatives have assured me that, if you can consume it on the premises, it's okay.

I am deeply touched by your remarks. Your friendship is something I treasure and value. I am so taken by it, as a matter of fact, that I wonder if you would allow me to present you with a token of my esteem and my regard for you. These…

I admire his independent spirit; I admire his devotion to this House; I admire his steadfast sense of responsibility in the various amendments that he offers. I wish I could support it on the basis of that friendship and in my admiration…

In support of our substitute amendment, the amendment ensures that the Native Hawaiian governing entity will have the same governmental authorities and sovereign immunity of other native governments. The Abercrombie amendment, the…

We do not need to be lectured in Hawaii about racial discrimination when it has been our representatives who have led the way in making sure that where civil rights are concerned discrimination whether on the basis of gender or on the…

Hawaiian activists have argued that revenue from the ceded lands should be used exclusively for the benefit of ethnic Hawaiians.

It has never been racial. It is always been historic and political.

When we put western ideas of property and ownership into the equation, well then it became somebody's land.

I routinely say to people that I am Hawaii's answer to affirmative action in this regard.