Top 97 Quotes & Sayings by Mazie Hirono
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Diversifying our energy sources will create jobs, improve our national security and lay the foundation for a strong, sustainable economy in the future.
The Trump administration gives me so many more opportunities to be verbal and vocal.
I will work hard to ensure Hawaii's strategic position in our national security remains strong.
To me, Stephen Miller is like Iago whispering in the president's ear, along with John Kelly. These people are totally anti-immigrant.
For the Navy, developing alternatives to fossil fuels isn't just about fighting climate change - though that's an important side benefit. Biofuels will also play a much more practical role in the Navy's fuel mix, boosting our energy security and supporting the U.S. economy.
We should all be treating each other like human beings.
If I had to wait around for somebody to pick me for lieutenant governor, I never would have been picked.
When we in Congress set the terms under which immigrants in this country must live, we wield a power that is checked primarily by our individual sense of fairness: the power to set taxes and make laws that apply to people who do not have representation.
The passing of my friend and a great American hero, Dan Inouye, is a major loss for the country and Hawaii. But the people of Hawaii are strong and we will persevere.
When I'm at home, I eat kimchi every single day.
I lost a sister to pneumonia, when she was 2 years old. She died at home, not in a hospital, where maybe her life could have been saved.
I hope that my uniquely American journey can help pave the way for others, especially women, to step into their own immense power.
I was born at home in rural Japan.
In Hawaii we understand why it is important to malama, or take care of, our land, ocean, and air - our way of life depends on it.
Clearly, there is a growing market for affordable, abundant and sustainable energy. Industry is working to meet the needs of this market, and in the process is creating jobs, technologies and industries in states across the country.
Women are socialized to be very nice and put up with a lot of things.
When I arrived at the Capitol in 2007 to take my oath as a new member of the U.S. House of Representatives, I had the privilege of filling the seat held for so long and so well by my friend Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first Asian-American woman elected to Congress. I was so grateful to her.
It's worth remembering that immigrants come to this country to work, they don't come to get handouts.
I was almost 8 when my mother bravely brought her children to this country so we could have a chance at a better life.
I got involved in the political arena in college, protesting the Vietnam War, and became friends with some of the activists at the University of Hawaii.
America must not abdicate its global leadership role in the climate crisis to countries like China.
There are people getting screwed in our country every single second, minute, hour of the day. And if by our work, we can decrease that number, we'll make a difference; we'll be doing our jobs.
Hawaii - the Aloha state - is built on the strength of its multicultural society, from our indigenous Native Hawaiian people to the many immigrants that followed.
Most of us look forward to the start of a new year as a clean slate. We reflect on the past 12 months, take stock of where we are, and make new resolutions about how to improve in the coming year.
We cannot afford to continue losing our coral reefs, which are suffering from a number of threats such as warmer temperatures, more acidic waters, and disease, and that is why Hawaii has become a leader in taking steps to mitigate the harmful impacts of sunscreen on our marine environment.
As I walk to my office every morning, I know I stand on the shoulders of those who came before me.
My friend Patsy Mink was a champion for social and economic justice, equality and civil rights for women and marginalized communities. She was a trailblazer who never backed down from a challenge and whose work in Hawaii and Congress brought positive change to the lives of women, children, and minorities in Hawaii and across the country.
That is the great thing about Hawaii. We're so culturally diverse and we inner-marry and appreciate each other's cultures.
In our country, racism is never far below the surface.
Women feel we need to be much better prepared, that we need to have a lot of experience behind us before we run for office.
I know who I fight for and why.
Like my fellow citizens in Hawaii, I am a proud American.
The undocumented should pay penalties for the laws they broke by coming here, but we should remember that the founding fathers were willing to break up an empire to achieve their dreams.
Our military's presence in Hawaii not only plays a critical role in our national security but also in driving our state's economy and supporting thousands of jobs in the public and private sectors.
I am fighting kidney cancer. And I'm just so grateful that I had health insurance so that I could concentrate on the care that I needed rather than how the heck I was going to afford the care that was going to probably save my life.
My deep emotional connection to my mother, a remarkable woman who made a hard choice to save her children, and who valiantly struggled to care for us as a single parent, is the current that has driven my entire life. Everything I've accomplished is a testament to her fortitude.
I know our country can remain forward-thinking by ensuring young women and minorities are given equal opportunity.
My husband is half Korean.
I would never criticize a judge just because he or she presides in another state, including Alabama.
Our country is made up of groups of immigrants who came here hoping for a better life. They created America. It's a sad thing to have so many people not remember that, including Trump.
The Senate needs a lot more diversity, and I bring quadruple diversity.
When I first ran for office in 1980, there weren't that many women running for office.
I'm grateful for the support I'm receiving from the people of Hawaii.
The defense to slander is the truth, and sometimes the truth hurts.
It's clear that health care is a concern for people all across the country regardless of their political stripe or where they live.
I've been a fighter all my life. I just don't look like that.
Running for office is not easy. It's not enough to want it.
Both political parties should be able to support the idea that taxpayers who are lawfully present, working, and paying taxes should be able to use the programs their tax dollars pay for - it is only fair.
There are people in our country, in our communities who are being marginalized and discriminated against every single day. I fight for them.
Sen. Akaka's care, empathy and compassion were evident to everyone who knew him.
We all know that the earlier cancer is detected the more successful treatment will be, and my cancer had spread to my ribs and that was a very fast-growing cancer.
I had run other people's campaigns. I had been doing political activities for a decade before I ever ran for office myself. That is so much the experience of women of my generation. We always feel as though we have to bring so much more to the table, and that never stops the guys.
Protecting Medicare and Social Security, health care, workers' rights, and a woman's right to choose remain top priorities for me.
I've been very open about my health challenge because I think it's really important to let my constituents know that in spite of the fact that I am still in treatment, nothing about this treatment prevents me from doing my job.
That used to be one of my greatest fears growing up: my mom would get sick and then she wouldn't be able to go to work and then there is no food or money for rent.
It is clear that our national security and economic growth are tied to affordable, abundant energy sources.
One of my favorite Japanese foods is called natto. It's fermented soybeans. I grew up in Japan eating natto. It's definitely an acquired taste. It's basically smelly.
We work really hard to get elected.
In Hawaii, we understand that our way of life depends on a healthy ocean.
I was in sixth grade at Koko Head Elementary School in Honolulu, and was chosen to pin the 50th star on the American flag in front of my teachers and classmates at a special assembly to celebrate statehood.
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