Honorable Brian Schatz
United States Senator, Hawaii, Democrat
Senator Schatz was appointed in 2012 to fill the seat of deceased Senator Daniel Inouye. He served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006, as Chair of the Hawaii Democratic Party from 2008 to 2010, and as Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2012. He sits on the following committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet; the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Water and Power; and the Indian Affairs Committee. The following is from the November 18, 2014, Senate floor debate…