There is not a single Member of Congress. this Senate included. who has not advocated appropriations for special interest projects. Most Members have advocated only those projects which provide special benefits for their constituencies and their own voters. Senator INOUYE. because of his chairmanship of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations and Indien Affairs panels. has worked to benefit those whose voice is not counted by him. or. in the case of refugees. by anyone. who is elected to Congress. In spite of the fact that his recent committee assignments have benefited the people of this Nation and of the world over just the parochial interests of his constituents. he has been reelected by overwhelming margins. Senator INOUYE is the only person who has held major statewide office throughout the three decades since Hawaiian statehood. and he is unquestionably the most popular politician in Hawaiis history.
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