OHA delegation meets on Capitol Hill with Sen. Tammy Duckworth.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, led by Chair Kaialiʻi Kahele and Interim Administrator and CEO Summer Sylva, has successfully concluded a three-day strategic delegation mission to Washington, D.C., engaging senior Department of Defense civilian leadership and key members of Congress on the future of military-leased lands in Hawaiʻi.
The delegation held a series of bipartisan and bicameral meetings with top policymakers, including leadership of the House Armed Services Committee and members of the United States Senate. These engagements come at a pivotal time, as major military leases on Hawaiʻi’s Public Land Trust lands are set to expire between 2028 and 2031.
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