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<b>Major Legislative Achievments</b>
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<b>Agriculture</b>
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&#149 &nbsp;Research for valuable by-products of sugar-promotion and marketing of ag products
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&#149 &nbsp;Agricultural loans
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&#149 &nbsp;Marshaling and packing centers
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<b>Education</b>
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&#149 &nbsp;New schools, classrooms and gyms
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&#149 &nbsp;Accelerate repair and maintenance of existing facilities
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&#149 &nbsp;Upgrade of instructions
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&#149 &nbsp;Advance new programs
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<b>UH-Hilo</b>
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&#149 &nbsp;Hawaiian Language Center
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&#149 &nbsp;Small Business Development Center
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&#149 &nbsp;Center for Study of Active Volcanoes
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&#149 &nbsp;Agriculture Action Alliance with UH-Manoa
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&#149 &nbsp;Nursing program
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&#149 &nbsp;Women's-Child care
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&#149 &nbsp;Student housing
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&#149 &nbsp;New classrooms
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<b>Healthcare</b>
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&#149 &nbsp;Long term and elderly care center
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<b>Water Resources:</b>
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&#149 &nbsp;Reservoir repair
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&#149 &nbsp;Ditch acquisition
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&#149 &nbsp;Exploratory wells
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&#149 &nbsp;Pumps
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<b>Maui Community College</b>
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&#149 &nbsp;Hawaiian Language center
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&#149 &nbsp;Campus Master plan
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&#149 &nbsp;Sky Bridge
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&#149 &nbsp;Nursing program
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&#149 &nbsp;Classroom buildings
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&#149 &nbsp;Women's Center
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<b>Transportation</b>
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&#149 &nbsp;Airport and harbor expansion
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&#149 &nbsp;Highway improvements
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<b>Affordable Housing</b>
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&#149 &nbsp;Coordination of State housing Finance and Development Corp. with private landowners and developers
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<b>Crime</b>
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&#149 &nbsp;Strengthened gun laws
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&#149 &nbsp;Criminal record checks of school personnel
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&#149 &nbsp;Increase victim compensation
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<b>Business</b>
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&#149 &nbsp;Commercialization of research efforts
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&#149 &nbsp;Accessible venture capital
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<b>Tax</b>
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&#149 &nbsp;Tax credits, more exemptions
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&#149 &nbsp;Lowering tax brackets