Description

Please join us!

Breakfast with the Rep: A Talk Story Session 

with U.S. Congresswoman Jill Tokuda

Presented by: 

Friday, October 18, 2024

8:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. 

UH West O'ahu - Multipurpose Room C-208

$50 Kapolei Chamber Member Rate

Non-Members $65

Includes breakfast, opportunity to network, door prizes and more!

An opportunity talk story with U.S. Congresswoman Jill Tokuda, learn about her work in Washington D.C., and discuss pressing issues that our West O`ahu businesses are facing.

Jill Tokuda represents Hawai`i’s Second Congressional District (CD2) which includes suburban and rural parts of O`ahu including parts of Kapolei and the Wai`anae Coast, the islands of Hawai`i, Kaua`i, Maui, Lana`i, Moloka`i, Ni`ihau, Kaho`olawe, and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. 

Elected in November 2022 to serve in the 118th Congress, Tokuda serves on:

• Committee on Agriculture
o Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology
o Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture
o Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
• Committee on Armed Services
o Subcommittee on Military Personnel
o Subcommittee on Readiness
• Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic

Rep. Tokuda has also been selected by her peers to serve as Vice Chair for Communications for the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Freshman Representative for the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and Region 2 Whip (includes Hawai`i, Alaska, Northern California, Guam, American Samoa, and The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). In July 2023, Rep. Tokuda launched the Bipartisan Rural Health Caucus, which provides a forum for Members of Congress to advocate for legislation and policy actions that improve access to quality, affordable health care and mental health services in rural and remote communities.  

Questions for Rep. Tokuda can be submitted in advance by emailing Kiran at: kiranpolk@gmail.com 

Please submit your questions in advance by end of day Tuesday October 15, 2024

Program:
8:30 a.m.- 9:30am   Registration, check-in + Networking
9:30 a.m.                Talk Story with Rep Tokuda + Q&A begins
10:45 a.m.              Final remarks, Closing     

University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu
91-1001 Farrington Hwy, Kapolei, HI 96707
Multipurpose Room C-208

Parking available in the Student & Faculty Parking Lot