I never mix my religion with politics. But I feel values are very important.

One of the lessons of 9/11 and (Hurricane) Katrina was 'communication, communication, communication, .. We don't want to have to say 'should have, could have, would have.'.

The lesson from Hurricane Katrina was communication, communication, communication, .. Public safety has to be a priority. Then we can go to constituents and start talking about investments that have to be made in upgrading the networks.

It's a state issue, state problem and I think they need to be proactive about fixing it before the counties come forward,

They not only made Hawai'i proud, ... they made our country proud.

We have gone to great lengths to figure whether we can make the program that we inherited from the last administration work, ... I'm here today to say that we can't make it work.

Hurricane Katrina is a grim reminder of the importance of preparedness,

One of the things we discovered is that we may have to do this periodically.