Congressional Delegation

...The candidates also both see the federal Jones Act as a contributor to Hawaii’s high cost of living. They want to see it reformed, with possible exemptions carved out for Hawaii....

...From GovTrack.us, October 1, 2018....

...Hirono is “particularly vulnerable to right-wing attacks” because of her focus on the Kavanaugh allegations, the email said....

...Please keep putting this Senator Hir-Oh-NO-she-didn't-just-say-that-yes-she-did on TV every single day from now until the midterms....

...sometimes you just have to laugh....

...Senator Mazie Hirono today poses as a brave feminist cultural warrior, but when it really counted in her own backyard in Hawaii, she was AWOL....

...Weekly Update from GovTrack.us September 23, 2018....

...Hirono: Kavanaugh Doesn’t Get Presumption of Innocence Because of His ‘Ideological Agenda’....

...Hirono's Democratic colleague in the Senate, Tom Carper (Del.), who has admitted to punching his wife hard enough to give her a black eye, appears to be getting a pass from Hirono....

...One calls Tulsi Gabbard ‘the hottest member of Congress on either side of the aisle.’ And it’s part of a series of pages from four companies traced to one Democratic law firm....

...Hirono claimed Wednesday that the death threats that have allegedly been made against Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford are “witness tampering”....

...Friday, Sept. 28, from noon to 1 p.m....

...Senator Hirono says "I just want to say to the men of this country: Just shut up….”

...Weekly Update From GovTrack.org....

...GovTrack Update for Sep. 1....

...after allegedly stealing a police vehicle in Kaimuki, smashing into a bread truck, leading officers on a cross-island chase, getting shot in the shoulder, and running into the jungle near Waiahole, Jaya Keahonui Titcomb has been arrested by Honolulu police.... 

...Republican former Public Auditor Doris Flores Brooks will now compete with Democrat Sen. Michael San Nicolas for Guam's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives....

...The “Aquino Purificacion” account was easily traceable to Gabbard's copywriter, Marissa Rodriguez. Gabbard's FEC records include multiple payments to Rodriguez....

...Votes in Congress July 30 through August 5, 2018....

...Schatz called the Trump rally in Tampa a “dark carnival” and declared the left has “no equivalent.”....

...Mazie Hirono receives a quick lesson on U.S. immigration law from ICE official Matthew Albence during a hearing on Capitol Hill....

...Votes in Congress between July 17 and July 30, 2018....

...The proposal is sponsored by Sen. Brian Schatz, Hawaii Democrat, and Sen. John Thune, South Dakota....

...Weekly Digest of Hawaii Conressional Delegation Votes from GovTrack.us....

... The next day, two Butler disciples were parked immediately outside my home ....

...the provision reduces the lengthy 30-day hold on checks and puts the islands on equal footing with the states where the hold rarely exceeds 5 business days....

...U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, has not defended human and civil rights during her time in Congress. She was one of just three representatives, and the only Democrat who refused to condemn Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s genocidal chemical attack on his own people....

...Would the delegation have chastised Obama if he had stuck to his ultimatum and struck Syria after Assad crossed Obama’s infamous “red line in the sand?”....

...Analysis Reveals Hawaii Federal Lawmakers’ Extreme Liberal Voting Records....

...A Democratic senator called out the national party for a fundraising with the misleading subject line special counsel Robert Mueller was about to be “fired.”....

...The most popular politician in Hawaii continues to serve Chris Butler....

...A military pay increase of 2.4%....

... a very familiar looking laundry list of Hawaii spending allotments ....

...“Do you know anyone who says ‘Anglo-American heritage’ in a sentence?” asked Democratic Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz. “What could possibly be the purpose of saying that other than to pit Americans against each other?"....

...Rep Hanabusa also voted in favor of the same continuing resolution, so logically all of this rhetoric should apply to her as well.  Do Hawaii progressives become 'outraged' only when instructed?....

...The family of the late congressman Takai, meanwhile, defended Beesley’s actions for the first time today....

...to provide additional federal resources to Guam, Hawai’i, the CNMI, American Samoa, and other jurisdictions affected by migrants from the Freely Associated States....

....a government investigation of online gun sales designed to determine “whether private sellers would knowingly sell a firearm to an individual prohibited from possessing one” determined that … no, actually, they would not....

• Senate: Tax Overhaul – Motion to Recede and Concur
• Senate: Short-Term Fiscal 2018 Continuing Appropriations – Motion to Concur
• House: Tax Overhaul – Motion to Concur
• House: Short-Term Fiscal 2018 Continuing Appropriations
• House: Supplemental Disaster Appropriations

• Senate: Grasz Nomination - Confirmation
• Senate: Willett Nomination - Confirmation
• Senate: Ho Nomination - Confirmation
• House: Mortgage Lender Escrow Requirement Exemption
• House: Iranian Asset Report Requirement
• House: Privacy Notice Requirement Exemption
• House: Iranian Aircraft Purchase Transactions

• Senate: Tax Overhaul – Motion to Proceed
• Senate: Tax Overhaul - Education Savings Accounts
• Senate: Tax Overhaul - Passage
• House: National Forest Mining
• House: Federal Workforce Probationary Period Extension
• House: EPA Brownfields Program Reauthorization
• House: Manufactured Housing Lending Regulation

"Gabbard’s life would be unrecognizable without Butler’s influence.”

• Senate: Kan Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: Bradbury Nomination – Conf
• Senate: Esper Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: Zatezalo Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: Otting Nomination – Confirmation
• House: Flood Insurance Reauthorization
• House: Fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization-Conference Report
• House: Tax Overhaul

Krishna Consciousness is when you know the Krishnas did it....

• Senate: Gibson Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: Engel Nomination – Confirmation
• Senate: Wehrum Nomination – Confirmation
• House: Joint Employer Definition
• House: Hydropower Regulation
• House: Securities Regulations Exemptions

...Recent House and Senate votes....

...federal law already prohibits domestic abusers from purchasing or owning guns....

...“She’s got a servant attitude, a servant’s heart,” Butler says....

“A recent scan showed some small spots in my Thyroid gland.  I will be undergoing immunotherapy for the next three months.”

“We want to make sure that people understand that we have a vision for the future.” -- Sen Brian Schatz