David Ige
David Ige

I stand here today - in the shadow of my parents' and grandparents' accomplishments - because of their willingness to sacrifice and look to my future.

David Ige
David Ige

When our economy is truly healthy, and everyone rises with the tide of prosperity, then issues such as the lack of affordable housing, homelessness, and hunger are greatly diminished.

David Ige
David Ige

It's about grass-roots campaigning, meeting voters face-to-face, and above all, listening to what they have to say.

David Ige
David Ige

As I prepare to take over the reins of your government, I ask each of you to join me in the process of governing.

David Ige
David Ige

The voters of Hawaii have said loud and clear that it's not money that wins elections.

David Ige
David Ige

I challenge the leaders of public education to stop issuing mandates from the state office and to focus on empowering schools and delivering resources to the school level.

David Ige
David Ige

I do know that homelessness is related to housing, and we haven't been producing housing in the numbers that our community requires - a lot of the escalating costs of housing is related to the fact that supply is way short than demand.

David Ige
David Ige

Loss prevention experts report that professional shoplifters calculate the value of the merchandise they are stealing to keep it under the threshold amount to avoid serious penalties and prosecution as a felony.

David Ige
David Ige

When it was first proposed, I was willing to support it as a 'transitional fuel' because it had some clear advantages for Hawaii. Much has changed since then. LNG will no longer save us any money.

David Ige
David Ige

LNG is a fossil fuel. LNG is imported.

David Ige
David Ige

As a new governor, I intend to assure our partners that we appreciate them and will continue to work with them to strengthen the cultural, social and economic bonds we share.

David Ige
David Ige

I have reached the conclusion that Hawaii does not need LNG in our future.

David Ige
David Ige

I can sign all of the emergency proclamations I want, but that's not going to fix the infrastructure in urban Honolulu.

David Ige
David Ige

There will be no name-calling when I disagree with anyone, no disparaging remarks toward anyone, no taking sole credit for collective achievements or blaming others when things go wrong.

David Ige
David Ige

There were many in the party that did not want me to run.

David Ige
David Ige

We have more endangered species here in our islands than any other state in the country.

David Ige
David Ige

I think it would be more beneficial to protection of species if we could focus our efforts rather than paint a broad-brush area that is so enormous that active management is very, very difficult.

David Ige
David Ige

I ask you to find your voice and use it not only to choose your elected officials but to shape the issues that will shape our lives.

David Ige
David Ige

I believe that those closest to the children should be making the decisions about how funds should be spent, what the curriculum should look like, and what's the best way to help our students.

David Ige
David Ige

Any time and money spent on LNG is time and money not spent on renewable energy.