2018 HI Governor's race: on Homeland Security


Colleen Hanabusa: Shaped National Defense Authorization Act military roadmap

Hanabusa has gained a reputation as a policy wonk and someone who dives deep into the details of legislation. Nowhere is this more evident than on the House Armed Services Committee, where Hanabusa helped shape the National Defense Authorization Act, a complex bill that totals more than 700 pages.

The NDAA, as it's commonly referred, sets the spending priorities for the U.S. military and is of critical importance to Hawaii as the state is a major hub of defense activity. In a previous interview with Civil Beat, Hanabusa described the NDAA as the "roadmap" for the military.

She also played up its importance to the state. "Without it you can't get the money that you ultimately want to come into Hawaii," she said.

In 2014, when Hanabusa was running for the Senate against Schatz she boasted of securing hundreds of millions of dollars for the state through the NDAA, and said in interviews that she wanted to use military spending to generate more jobs on the islands.

Source: Honolulu Civil Beat on 2018 Hawaii gubernatorial race Aug 7, 2018

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