David Ige

“I have been looking at a number of things in affordable housing because I do know that the price of housing has gone up a lot.”

“I think that we're trying to look at all of our assets and figure out what's the best use and where we need to make investments in infrastructure to enable the projects that we want.”

“There were many in the party that did not want me to run.”

“When it was first proposed, I was willing to support it as a 'transitional fuel' because it had some clear advantages for Hawaii. Much has changed since then. LNG will no longer save us any money.”

“I do know that homelessness is related to housing, and we haven't been producing housing in the numbers that our community requires - a lot of the escalating costs of housing is related to the fact that supply is way short than demand.”

“We want the people of Japan to know that the people of Hawaii welcome them to the Hawaiian Islands.”

“I think it's really important as we position Hawaii as the policy leader in renewable energy.”

“As a new governor, I intend to assure our partners that we appreciate them and will continue to work with them to strengthen the cultural, social and economic bonds we share.”

“LNG is a fossil fuel. LNG is imported.”

“The voters of Hawaii have said loud and clear that it's not money that wins elections.”

“I believe that those closest to the children should be making the decisions about how funds should be spent, what the curriculum should look like, and what's the best way to help our students.”

“I've always been one to believe in leading by example - the state has a lot of land and assets along the transit route, so I think we ought to be looking at what plans we can make available.”