Senate Proceeding 07-28-09 on Jul 28th, 2009 :: 3:15:05 to 3:20:30
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Don Cazayoux: with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. aka: mr. president? the presiding officer: t mr. aka: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i speak for five minutes as though the presiding officer: without objection. mr. aka: mr. president, i

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Speech By: Don Cazayoux

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Don Cazayoux: rise to speak on the resolution offered by my colleague and dear friend, senator inouye, and passed by this body. it is a resolution honoring the historic milestone of hawaii's 50th anniversary of statehood

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Don Cazayoux: in the center of the pacific on islands rising from the bottom of the owe great and diverse nation as its 50th state 50 years ago. like the 49

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Don Cazayoux: before it, hawaii has something unique to share with the everyone who is born in hawaii or comes to hawaii embraces the aloha spirit. as a value and way of life. the aloha spirit is

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Don Cazayoux: across the island of oahu in celebration. the bells at historic oahu church started to ring and hundreds of people gathered there. the next day the newspap headlines hailed the good news.

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Don Cazayoux: my brother, reverend dr. abraham aka was a minister at quahi church delivered the sermon. brother abe named hawaii "the aloha state" and 50 years later we still call it that.

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Don Cazayoux: i'd like to quote a few words my brother said hon that historic day in march -- on that historic day in march of 1959. and i quote: "aloha consists of this new attitude of heart above negativism, above legalism. it is the unconditional desire

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Don Cazayoux: to promote the true good of other people in a friendly spirit out of a sense of kinship kinship. aloha seeks to do good with no conditions attached. we do not do goodnly to those

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Don Cazayoux: who do good to us. one of the sweetest things about the love of god, about aloha, is that it welcomes the stranger and seeks his good. a person who has the spi aloha loves even when the love is not ret

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Don Cazayoux: love of god." unquote. this is the meaning of aloha. hawaii's gift to the cultural fabric of the world. while we celebrate this landmark anniversary next month, we must

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Don Cazayoux: remember that the privileges of statehood came with hawaii and have a sacred trust relationship with hawaii that still remains to be fulfilled. in admitting hawaii as the 50th state, congress and the

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Don Cazayoux: people of hawaii have recognized the importance of addressing the needs of native hawaiians and preservation of their culture and traditions. i am proud to continue this legacy, as we move forward with that promise. i congratulate hawaii and its

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Don Cazayoux: people on 50 years of statehood. i am great senate. mr. president, i ask that my statement be printed following the statement of senator inouye. the objection. mr. akaka:

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Don Cazayoux: suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll.