AKAKA BILL ALREADY IN TROUBLE IN U.S. CONGRESS
The Maui News - Wednesday, April 12, 2006
KAHULUI - U.S. Rep. Ed Case says time is working against passage of the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act in the U.S. Senate this year.
In the Senate, "time is the most precious commodity going," he told an audience of about 40 at a meeting of the Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce at The Dunes at Maui Lani on Tuesday.
In the question period, chamber President Boyd Mossman observed that it seems that every time the bill comes near to a floor hearing, "something comes up," whether Hurricane Katrina or the war in Iraq, that shoves it aside.
He wondered whether the immigration debate will shove the bill aside this year....
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