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MEDIA RELEASE Senate President Colleen Hanabusa testified Monday, Aug. 24 before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on the Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye called the meeting. Here is Hanabusa’s testimony in full: Aloha Chairman Inouye, Thank you for allowing me this opportunity to testify on behalf […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Senate and House of Representatives have agreed to extend the current legislative session by two days, permitting overrides of Gov. Linda Lingle’s vetoes of fiscal bills before the start of the fiscal year July 1, 2009. The session was scheduled to adjourn Thursday, May 7. The extension would eliminate a planned […]

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Text of the 2009 legislative session opening day speech by Sen. President Colleen Hanabusa: “Yesterday we witnessed a shining moment in American history, and a historic day for Hawaii as well. Barack Obama, our nation’s first African American President, is also the first President born, raised, and educated here in Hawaii.     Throughout his […]

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