Major Legislative Achievments

Agriculture
• Research for valuable by-products of sugar-promotion and marketing of ag products
• Agricultural loans
• Marshaling and packing centers

Education
• New schools, classrooms and gyms
• Accelerate repair and maintenance of existing facilities
• Upgrade of instructions
• Advance new programs

UH-Hilo
• Hawaiian Language Center
• Small Business Development Center
• Center for Study of Active Volcanoes
• Agriculture Action Alliance with UH-Manoa
• Nursing program
• Women's-Child care
• Student housing
• New classrooms

Healthcare
• Long term and elderly care center

Water Resources:
• Reservoir repair
• Ditch acquisition
• Exploratory wells
• Pumps

Maui Community College
• Hawaiian Language center
• Campus Master plan
• Sky Bridge
• Nursing program
• Classroom buildings
• Women's Center

Transportation
• Airport and harbor expansion
• Highway improvements

Affordable Housing
• Coordination of State housing Finance and Development Corp. with private landowners and developers

Crime
• Strengthened gun laws
• Criminal record checks of school personnel
• Increase victim compensation

Business
• Commercialization of research efforts
• Accessible venture capital

Tax
• Tax credits, more exemptions
• Lowering tax brackets