From a press release Wednesday (Jan. 23):

U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), joined by Senators Grassley (R-IA) and Coons (D-DE), speaks at this morning’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on judicial nominees. Hirono and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced Assistant U.S. Attorney for Hawaii Derrick Kahala Watson who is President Obama’s nominee for the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. Watson presented Hirono with a lei prior to the hearing. 

—Chad Blair

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