Neil Abercrombie

What I am asking is could you at least contemplate the idea that H.R. 2314 has no basis in racial politics but is, in fact, a document put together to try to resolve legislatively the questions of dealing with Native Hawaiian assets as…

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…

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

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

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

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

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

If it is, then why are we giving racial preferences in countless numbers of Congressional enactments and laws as well as Supreme Court decision recognizing the special relationship, the trust responsibility that Congress has under the…

I think all we are trying to do is to complete the circle to the extent that the Native Hawaiians ought to be given the same treatment as we give Native Alaskans and the American Indians.

I think we need to understand with a clear perspective that Native Hawaiians are the only other indigenous native peoples under the administration of this great nation very similar, in fact exactly the same, as the American Indians as well…

I ask support of this measure and to advance the reconciliation process for one of the nation's indigenous people.

This bill would also provide a structured process to address the longstanding issues resulting from the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

On this day 114 years ago, the monarchy of the Kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown by agents of the United States government.

Thus, it seems right on this day that we begin the Congressional process that all Native Hawaiians be recognized as indigenous people of Hawaii.

A word to the wise should be sufficient.

So we are investing in the military, in military adventurism of one kind or another, with dubious prospects;

This is not a partisan issue, we simply cannot wait.

I can assure, Madame Chair, I can assure you that there is going to be a bill coming forward that is going to have equal number of Democrats and Republicans on it, that is going to address this question of whether or not we are going to…

I observed that Mr. Bishop was looking directly at me when he recited, with a look that I can only determine as ``gleeful,'' he cited the razorback sucker and the bonytail chub. I am not sure whether I was being categorized by him in the…

H.R. 2675 was introduced by my colleague and our friend on the Natural Resources Committee, Representative Dan Boren. The legislation directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey 140 acres of public land in Oklahoma, administered by the…

Madam Speaker, as Chairwoman on the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, I reiterate that the Natural Resources Committee supports this bill as a means to maximize community participation in the activities of the Fish and Wildlife…

H.R. 4933, the Captive Wildlife Safety Technical Amendments Act of 2008, was introduced by my colleague from Guam (Ms. Bordallo). The Captive Wildlife Safety Act, Public Law 108-191, amended the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981, and that made…

The gentleman has mentioned China. Is it not a fact, then, that as we confront this dilemma of a lack of energy supply at a reasonable price in America, the Chinese are presently going about the world securing oil rights, petroleum rights…

But when it comes to energy like natural gas, there is, in fact, not a world price. In the context that the gentleman has just outlined, isn't it true that the rest of the world is finding a natural gas foundation as part of the…

Are we going to have an adequate supply of energy so that we can come to grips with the question of price, and, in turn, the question of how much production will cost us and whether we will be able to continue as a manufacturing nation?