She moved to D.C. and went to Georgetown University law school. Hirono has a favorite postcancer punchline: “I am here to tell you that I am plugging away, not fading away. The Senate schedule allows an average of a week a month at home, with some longer stretches and all of August. Other candidates on Health Care: Mazie Hirono on other issues: HI Gubernatorial: Andria Tupola Bob McDermott "A supporter of a single-payer health care system, also referred to as Medicare for All, Hirono says she was fortunate to have health insurance when her cancer was diagnosed. She’s undergoing regular long-term immunotherapy cancer treatments as doctors monitor small spots on her thyroid discovered in October. To help out, Hirono worked as a cashier in the school lunchroom at both Koko Head and Queen Ka‘ahumanu elementary schools and delivered Hawai‘i Hochi newspapers after school.“I said, well, Ben, that’s all fine and good but it’s all bullshit and I’m running,” Hirono says. My voice remains strong.”Rep. Tulsi Gabbard praises Hirono’s approach: “Too often, unfortunately, people run for Congress for the wrong reasons: for fame, power, or money. After earning a law degree from George Washington University’s law school, he worked as a litigator in the state attorney general’s office and later in private practice.
What’s different now from earlier in her career is that she’s dropped a stoic demeanor to reveal the personal emotion that fuels her convictions.
I know people who don’t even want me to talk to their spouses.”Oshima works in private practice in Honolulu specializing in insurance defense. Schatz says the $1.3 trillion federal government spending bill passed by Congress in March added up to a sizable increase in funding for Hawai‘i.For the careful Hirono, this was flying without a net. For decades, he’s honed a reputation as a savvy strategist, a sharp legal mind and an influential lobbyist, respected by folks on various sides of the issues. "It's been brought home to me, knowing how extensive my medical care is, that if people didn't have health insurance or Medicare or Medicaid, then literally people die, " she said. I’ve struggled with this decision because he’s been a good Senator and I consider him a friend. I have to remind myself that she’s a cancer survivor.”She remembers worrying about her mother, being afraid of what might happen if her mother couldn’t go to work. Very few people knew I even had a younger sister. Mazie is a leader in the resistance to the Trump administration’s attacks on our core values, including undermining the judiciary, degrading civil and voting rights, taking health care away from millions, and restricting immigration. Mazie’s been tremendously successful as a political leader for Hawai‘i.”“Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sex favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature?” And the second: “Have you ever faced discipline or entered into a settlement related to this kind of conduct?”In Congress, Rep. Colleen Hanabusa and Hirono served together. Click here for issue statements from HI primary archives. Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat from North Dakota, was elected to the Senate the same year as Hirono. (c)2019 The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserVisit The Honolulu Star-Advertiser at www.staradvertiser.comHirono, 72, says in retrospect she had been feeling some unusual symptoms, such as pain on the right side of her ribs which she dismissed as heartburn.
She’s also battled cancer, which she believes provides a jolt of perspective.In 2002, she intended to run for governor. “That is wrong. ... quality health care coverage while protecting Hawaii’s Prepaid Health Care Act. During times of heated discussions, she says Hirono offered a lei to help Republican and Democratic senators keep talking productively. Mazie is a leader in the resistance to the Trump administration’s attacks on our core values, including undermining the judiciary, degrading civil and voting rights, taking health care away from millions, and restricting immigration. “How many people have the courage to do that? Click here for issue positions of other HI politicians. But that cannot excuse his behavior and his mistreatment of women. “It’s the worst job I ever had, politically,” Waihe‘e says.