“I have served in the Senate since December 2012 with seats on the Appr...” — Brian Schatz Quote

I have served in the Senate since December 2012 with seats on the Appropriations and Commerce committees and previously served as the lieutenant governor and in the state House. These positions provided me insights on Hawaii's priorities and how to effectively work with stakeholders to achieve meaningful results.

People in the tech community may not like politics because it seems less interesting or less pure than what they're doing. But you see the result of not caring about politics. This is no longer an abstract problem.

I am always open to a conversation. I am always open to a bipartisan compromise.

Because these credit agencies operate in the dark, they are allowed to be terribly unfair and unaccountable.

The Bharat Ram family was into philanthropy a way earlier. They build institutes such as Shri Ram College of Commerce, Lady Shri Ram College, and Shri Ram Schools. They are very inspiring.

People like to put music and art up against the dehumanizing character of commerce and business corporations.

I went to uni, and I studied commerce on a scholarship, and that was crazy and wild in and of itself.

We wanted to create an opportunity for people to share anything, on their own terms, revenue and all. Get away from the commerce side of music, which can be exciting and necessary but ultimately dilutes the creative impulse. The further and further you go down that path is sometimes the further you are from the reason why you started making music.