Neil Abercrombie: “Thank you, Ms. Heriot. I presume when you say political balance you don't mean those who are for civil rights and those…”

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

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 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…

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…