Gov. Josh Green heading to D.C. to urge vaccinations

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : " Green's visit follows other trips by Green to the mainland and Washington, D.C., where's met with President Donald Trump and administration officials in the White House, including last week to Los Angeles, where he met again with Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
57% : With Medicaid, governors should be allowed to show a return on investment so our state and also Red States don't suffer.
50% : " Hawaii's high rate of COVID vaccinations and low mortality rate "benefited us and we ended up surviving.
46% : The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights had sent shock waves throughout the 10-campus UH system with a notice that it was one of 60 institutions of higher education across the country that faced "potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students on campus, including uninterrupted access to campus facilities and educational opportunities.
45% : Hayley B. Sanon, acting assistant secretary of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, wrote in a letter dated April 25 that "It is the position of the Department that American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian history is not classified as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI ) or critical race theory (CRT ), and the Department will not treat Native history as DEI or CRT.
41% : Green expects vaccine skeptics to testify at the hearing that COVID vaccinations did not work because other communities that vaccinated residents at lower rates than Hawaii had high rates of deaths and illnesses, which only proves Green's point, he said.
41% : "It's made me possible to make the compelling case for saving Medicaid, " he said.
39% : Green began his Hawaii medical career serving low-income families in the rural Ka 'u District of Hawaii island who rely on Medicaid and Medicare, which have been targeted for cuts, along with food stamps and other federal programs that residents in Hawaii and all across the country rely on.
35% : Trump, Green said, replied, "say whatever you want about Kennedy.
34% : The two doctors speak the same language and Green has been urging Oz to oppose dramatic cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.
12% : " Green said he told Trump that he will continue to speak out about Kennedy if Kennedy opposes or spreads doubt about vaccinations.

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