Congressman Abercrombie says the President-elect's story is a stunning one that demonstrates how "our diversity defines, rather than divides us."
“It is a stunning story that Hawaii would be the birthplace and the origin of the most powerful person on the planet, the President of the United States. Hawaii, its people, its diversity, and its spirit of aloha helped to shape President-elect Obama as a boy and young man growing up in these islands.
“When he ascends those stairs to the Inaugural platform at the U.S. Capitol, the people of Hawaii and his immediate ohana will follow his steps, as he assumes the reigns of an office for which he has worked so hard to attain and realizes a dream that he and Americans have only envisioned until this day.”—Congressman Neil Abercrombie
