This Rural Health Day, the Bipartisan Rural Health Caucus stands united in our commitment to expanding access, improving services & strengthening the healthcare systems our rural communities depend on. Mahalo to our healthcare workers and first responders that keep our families healthy & safe.

On the House floor, I rose to honor the life and service of Maui County Councilmember Tasha Kama, a fierce advocate, a warm presence and a pillar of aloha. Hawaiʻi needs more Tashas. Sending love to the Kama ʻohana. May her courage, compassion, and legacy continue to guide us. Rest in aloha.

Over 600 Native Hawaiian beneficiaries were offered 1,100 future homestead lots on Maui. This is what hope looks like. After generations on the waitlist, this is the fulfillment of Prince Kūhiō’s vision, the promise of a home & a future for our children in Hawaiʻi. Congrats!

Mahalo to WCC, Hawaiʻi Foodbank & everyone working incredibly hard to support our communities during this difficult time—from volunteers distributing food, to our federal workers working without pay. We need to reopen government, pay our people, and do right by the workers who keep us going.

Two federal judges have ruled what we knew all along — the administration can and MUST release the $6 billion SNAP contingency funds so families can put food on the table. Proud Hawaiʻi stood up as a plaintiff state to say: do what’s right, follow the law, don’t hold hungry people hostage.

Grateful to join the blessing of the new Early Head Start Līhuʻe Center on Kaua'i & celebrate the many keiki who will grow and learn here. Instead of cutting Head Start through Project 2025, we need to triple down & fight for early education so every child has a strong start & a chance to succeed.

Glad to visit Kapiolani Medical Center to mahalo our healthcare workers who provide lifesaving care.

Healthcare is our red line. Democrats are fighting to reopen government AND protect that crucial healthcare access that we rely on across the country & in Hawaiʻi.

Visited Mālama I Ke Ola Health Center to mahalo their team for caring for Maui’s most vulnerable, from keiki to kūpuna. With over 50% of their funding from Medicaid, the Big Ugly Law threatens their lifesaving work.

There is only one choice: Reopen government AND protect life saving healthcare.

The only king I acknowledge is King Kamehameha & his lineage. There are no dictators in America.

To House and Senate Republicans: Stop acting like servants. Do your job. Protect healthcare for millions of Americans. Let's reopen the government.

My DWC colleagues and I visited Speaker Johnson's (empty) office, demanding that Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva be sworn in immediately.

House Republicans fear she'll be the final member needed to force a vote to release the Epstein files.

Do your duty. Swear her in.