The Civil Beat Editorial Board Interview: Hawaii House Leaders - Honolulu Civil Beat
Speaker Scott Saiki says the Legislature “stopped the bleeding” from the pandemic and recession.
Editor’s note:
The Civil Beat Editorial Board and other reporters spoke with Speaker Scott Saiki, Vice Speaker John Mizuno, Majority Leader Della Au Belatti, Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee Chair Aaron Ling Johanson and Finance Committee Chair Sylvia Luke of the Hawaii House of Representatives Friday in a wide-ranging interview. Our interview has been edited for length and clarity and with an eye toward saving some of it for separate stories.
Saiki: I think the question probably is what is the theme of the 2021 session legislative session? And I’m going to copy something that Colin Moore said (on PBS “Insights” Thursday night), because I thought it was actually a pretty good thematic statement, which was to stop the bleeding. So I think the 2021 session was to stop the bleedin