We want the people of Japan to know that the people of Hawaii welcome them to the Hawaiian Islands.
Japan and Hawaii enjoy a special connection, and I want to honor this enduring relationship.
Japan and Hawaii already have strong economic, cultural and education ties, and we intend to build upon those ties and relationships as we look toward the future.
As leaders, our job is to engage people so that they will want to participate in this grand experience in self governance.
Our job is to help people take ownership of the process of electing their government. As leaders, our job is to inspire others and not discourage them.
I think it's really important as we position Hawaii as the policy leader in renewable energy.
It's time to focus all of our efforts on renewables. We will oppose the building of LNG facilities.
I just think it gets confusing for our communities when the federal law is different from the state law.
I have been looking at a number of things in affordable housing because I do know that the price of housing has gone up a lot.
I've always been one to believe in leading by example - the state has a lot of land and assets along the transit route, so I think we ought to be looking at what plans we can make available.
We are asking the question: What makes the most sense for public-private partnerships for affordable housing.
I think that we're trying to look at all of our assets and figure out what's the best use and where we need to make investments in infrastructure to enable the projects that we want.
