Entries for 'Rep Bob McDermott'

... compel the DOD via statue to build all the base housing they need (approximately 40k units) for their servicemembers’ families on base in Hawaii ....

"... Red Hill is not going to be shut down anytime soon or in the foreseeable future ...."

... Austin was forced to give Schatz something and Schatz secured a vague promise out into the future that is non-binding with no funds for closure.  Conversely, the Omnibus spending Bill is quite detailed in what it funds, and funds for Decommissioning are missing ....

... to teach our children that gender is "fluid", and that it is normal for kids to change orientation and identities ....

... Defueling is not a complete shutdown or decommissioning. It is simply a mechanism to fix safety deficiencies and buy time to keep the fuel tanks in Red Hill ....

... The facility built in 1942 is "grandfathered" and exempt from any EPA rules or compliance.  Second, it is Federal property on Federal land under Federal jurisdiction....

... attorney Mike Green indicated in the Sunday paper, President Lassner and AD Matlin’s actions may cause legal jeopardy for the State of Hawaii ....

... McDermott (R) Ewa Beach announced he will be a candidate for US Senate this year, challenging incumbent Brian Schatz ....

...Fully one-third of our economy has evaporated. We need to rectify this, at least partially, immediately....

...Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Iroquois Point Elementary School....

...the House Labor Committee unanimously approved a draft resolution calling on Hawaiian Airlines to return the 200 plus call center jobs it has outsourced to the Philippines....

...University of South Dakota law students change party theme after 'Hawaiian Day' deemed 'culturally insensitive'....

...Cites involvement of fringe GOP troublemaker Eric Ryan and ongoing defamation of Carroll's rival Andria Tupola and her family....

...March 16th, 12:00 noon  --  Hawaii State Capitol, House Chamber....

...McDermott said that, after talking to my family, friends, and members of the Ewa Beach community, the general consensus was that my voice was still needed to represent the residents of West Oahu....

...students and parents of Maui are being held hostage to bureaucratic bumbling that would make the keystone cops envious....

...a hyper-partisan, publicity-seeking, grandstander....

...McDermott calls for Special Session....

...Shifting Burden to Hotels Will Hurt Tourism and Employment....

Okay, the same guys who brought us 42 air conditioners are going to solve the housing crisis....

The accumulation of excrement and hundreds of flies have now become a serious public health problem in the front yard of the Hawaii State Capitol....

...they have no standards, they have no curriculum, they have had no public vetting or review process of any proposed new curriculum; but it's on the books and ready to go....

...Otherwise we shall be stuck with chaos and an embarrassment in two years....

... people who promote sexual reassignment surgery “are collaborating with and promoting a mental disorder” ....

...legislators are allowed to simply carve up the Capitol Improvement Budget by political favoritism....

Representative Bob McDermott discusses the building of a new school for Ewa Beach with Kurt Fevella President at The Ewa Beach Lions Club....

...“Sometimes you have to make waves to catch a wave,” said McDermott....

According to new DOE information the building of a $150 million high school planned for Kihei is not what is needed....

West Oahu is currently drowning under exigent overcrowding....

The State is breaking ground on a new high school in Kihei....

State CIP money is going to political cronies’ districts, not where it is really needed....

The new policy also requires that a description of the curriculum used by the school to be made available to parents before instruction starts....

...six available options for teaching sex education to middle school students....

...asking the IRS to investigate allegations of lobbying the State Legislature in order to gain valuable curriculum development contracts....

...involvement by Planned Parenthood of Hawaii in the illegal sale or transfer of infant organs....

...teachers are in essence nomads with no classroom to call their own; they must float to any open space....

Joe McIlhaney, MD is the Founder and Chairman of The Medical Institute for Sexual Health....

...bills that might have negative impacts on families or communities....

...Establishes a wage reporting requirement. Provides penalties for violation. Prohibits retaliation against employees....

At the least, this appears to be a violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Right Act....

...Students, the teachers, and community liaisons were given over $52,000.00 in gift cards in violation of Hawaii State law....

Rep Bob McDermott responds to 'revised' Pono Choices program....

...the DOE's implementation of Pono Choices violated several safeguards contained in the Federal Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA)....

Since his call for transparency, McDermott says the secrecy has gotten worse....

... McDermott says the payment of "stipends" to Hawaii teachers, for delivering SPLC's version of "Tolerance Training" breaks the law ....

...like Pono Choices, there is a disproportionate focus on normalizing homosexuality....

After weeks of bureaucratic run-around McDermott finally received a copy of the requested materials....

Representative Bob McDermott filed a lawsuit today seeking a Declaratory Judgment regarding the 1998 ballot issue pertaining to same-sex marriage....