Neil Abercrombie: “Mr. Chairman---- The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman will suspend. Is there objection to returning to that point in the reading…”

What we are dealing with here in practical terms is 1.8 million acres in ceded land, the former crown lands.

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 up…

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

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