[applause] jamie, Lieutenant Governor, speaker, Senate President , colleagues, governors, mayors, consul generals, dignitaries, cabinet members whove been so wonderful, state leaders and all the peoplell of hawaii. Our s state suffered a tragic ed of devastating loss when fire swept through. Id like to take a moment to honor the memory of those we lost that day in 2023. Please join me for a moment of silence to honor them. I want to express a heartfelt the hollow for the survivors of the tragedy and families over the last five and a half months. People have been so brave in the face of tough times. I also want to say i respect those that have progressed us to do more to help those in need. Its been an extraordinary experience to serve as your governor the past year and we are deeply grateful for your support and encouragement. Today im here to report that although we faced great challenges and suffered even greater loss over the past year weve come together to recover and heal. I am he
A healthy democracy doesnt just look like this. It looks like this where americans can see democracy at work, where citizens are truly informed, a republic thrives. Did informed straight from the source on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. From the Nations Capital to wherever you are. Because the opinionis is what ds like. Cspan, powered by cable. Hawaii governor josh green give a state of the state address before joint session of the legislature in honolulu. He emphasized the importance o o rebuild mildly following the deadly 2023 wildfires the governor talked about combating gun violence, Healthcare Access, homelessness and climate change. This is about 45 minutes. [applause]■g [applause] jamie, lieutenant governor, speaker, Senate President , colleagues, governors, mayors, consulate generals, c. J. , dignitaries, cabinet members have been so wonderful, state leaders, and all the people of hawaii, aloha. Aloha. Our state sovereignty tragic and devastating loss when fires
Those who also receive pell grants. Student loan payments are now due to restart in october after a three year pause due to the pandemic. Interest on federal Student Loans will start accruing i september. Also this afternoon, education secretary Miguel Cardona will discuss the supreme urt decision on student loan forgiveness and lgbtq rights during the wte house briefing. First reacon from the attorneys general who brought the case from missouri and nebraska. Thank you for joining us. Today is a really important day for america because the Supreme Courts decision put a stop to it really was a breathtaking attempt to grab power by the Biden Administration. This case is about 500 million of taxpayer money, but its about how we all decided to govern ourselves in this country. Since our founding nearly 250 years ago, it is congress thats part of our separation of powers principles, it is congress that has the powers of the purse. The Biden Administration tried to pass student cancellation
Associations, and health care experts. The committee chaired by vermont independent senator bernie sanders. Not only is this unfair to working class and lower income americans, who cannot access a medical home when they need it, and we are losing over 60,000 people a year because they do not get to on time. But in addition to that, from a financial and costeffective perspective, what we have now is basically insane. We have a situation where people get sick, they do not go to the doctor, you know what happens when you dont go to the doctor and you are sick . You get sick or. Maybe you end up in an emergency room where the cost of primary care is ten times, or eight times more than it is if you walked into a Community Health center. If you cant afford prescription drugs, you get sticker, and you may end up in the hospital, and that will cost 100,000. So what we are talking about today is to, things my own personal view, and health care is a human right, and that we should emulate what g
for education in the first place? [cheers and applause] college should be free because guess what? when we get out, we are contributing to the society and this democracy and this economy and making it stronger. dana: david spunt live-out side court for us this morning. good morning. no matter where you land in this fiery debate i have yet to meet someone that has not formed some sort of opinion on this issue. off to my right you can hear noise. demonstrators have been out here since 3:00 p.m. yesterday fighting for the president s plan and fighting for this student loan forgiveness. some slept outside hoping to get a seat inside the court today lining up very early to watch this process unfold. if the justices rule in favor of the president, millions of people could have up to $20,000 in student loan debt wiped out. our government is supposed to be about people, right? they shouldn t be making money off of us going to school or seeking higher education. it shouldn t hap