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Members of the Senate Special Committee on COVID-19 gather just outside Room 211 at the Hawai\u2018i State Capitol prior to a meeting. They are (from left): state Sens. Sharon Moriwaki, Kurt Fevella, Donna Mercado Kim, Donovan Dela Cruz, Michelle Kidani and Jarrett Keohokalole.<\/p><\/div>\n

Since their formation back in March, members of the Senate Special Committee on COVID-19 have served a critical role in holding government officials accountable and keeping constituents informed.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The six legislators who gather inside Room 211 of the Hawai\u2018i State Capitol for hours on end each week shoulder some of the most important responsibilities for the state in these troubled times.<\/p>\n

Collectively making up the Senate Special Committee on COVID-19, state Sens. Donovan Dela Cruz, Donna Mercado Kim, Jarrett Keohokalole, Michelle Kidani, Sharon Moriwaki and Kurt Fevella are part of the front line of elected officials helping to lead Hawai\u2018i through its current public health and safety crisis. They’ve been assigned to review prescribed plans related to the coronavirus, and ensure that state departments are complying with approved procedures.<\/p>\n

They’re also being counted on to deliver accurate and timely information to the public \u2014 a duty they take seriously given the surge of COVID-19 cases across the islands and the economic gravity facing O\u2018ahu residents following a second shutdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe livelihood and economics of this state are at risk,\u201d says a solemn Mercado Kim (D, Kalihi Valley-Moanalua Valley-H\u0101lawa). \u201cBusinesses are closing down, and there’s no coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adds Keohokalole (D, Kailua-K\u0101ne\u2018ohe), \u201cIt’s really critical right now because people are scared.\u201d<\/p>\n

The dire circumstances have motivated task force members to continue burning the candle on both ends, even when their eyes are heavy with sleep. They gladly work the long hours because they’re trying to put the needs of the people first. People sick with the virus. People who lost their jobs. People who don’t know how they’re going to pay their rent, or put food on the table. People whose businesses are about to go under.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s not something you can forget,\u201d says Kidani (D, Mililani-Waikele-Kunia) about the emotional load she carries whenever she receives another heart-wrenching email or call. \u201cI have a hard time sleeping. I can hear the voices on the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of us can,\u201d adds Fevella (R, Iroquois Point-\u2018Ewa Beach), noting the people in his district who are currently battling the virus, including two prison guards.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of them is on a respirator and the other one is hiding away in a hotel, \u2018cause his house has seven of his grandkids living there, and he cannot give the virus to them. So now he’s there cry\u2013.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fevella pauses, his voice cracking with emotion. Finally, he regains his composure and continues:<\/p>\n

\u201c \u2026 Crying on the phone last night, and what I going do? I can ask questions, but I don’t have the power (to change his circumstances).<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we gotta do what we can do to make the best for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked how he’s been coping with the sad stories playing out among his own constituents, committee chairman Dela Cruz (D, Wahiaw\u0101-Whitmore Village-Mililani Mauka) sighs and grimly states, \u201cI try not to let it get to me because it can get to you, and it can get very depressing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Such are the burdens of six legislators in these troubled times.<\/p>\n

Almost immediately after Senate President Ron Kouchi appointed them to the task force in March, committee members got to work, calling for stricter quarantine measures for state visitors. The result was the establishment of the 14-day travel quarantine. Soon after, they agreed to redeploy nonessential workers to assist with the tidal wave of Unemployment Insurance claims \u2014 but that offer was rebuffed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew UI didn’t have enough people; we knew they were going to be inundated,\u201d recalls Mercado Kim. \u201cThe Senate offered 40 of our staff to assist them in their cause \u2014 and they turned us down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ultimately, a healthy dose of public pressure forced the division to rethink things. As a result, unemployment intake and call centers were staged at Hawai\u2018i Convention Center, where 500 volunteers \u2014 many of whom showed up because of the task force’s efforts \u2014 helped UI staffers in processing tens of thousands of jobless claims.<\/p>\n

Since then, the committee has refused to take its foot off the pedal in pursuing its core responsibilities. Last month, for example, the task force made a highly publicized visit to the Health Department, where members discovered an agency short on contact tracers and space. The unannounced visit was roundly criticized by Gov. David Ige and public health officials, but task force members stood firmly by their decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were invited the day before (by state epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Park),\u201d explains Kidani. \u201cThey tried to make us look like bullies, but the truth is, we were right.\u201d<\/p>\n

If anything, committee members have demonstrated a willingness to go anywhere, shake any tree and deal with whatever falls out just to ensure that government officials are doing what is expected and are accountable for their decisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you don’t question, if you don’t push, then things just kind of stay the way they are,\u201d insists Dela Cruz. \u201cThere is no (other) public forum for questioning the administration. This is the only body right now having to question them, get answers, and (ask) follow-up questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

From its inception, the task force has been calling for greater transparency and accountability from Ige’s cabinet and state department leaders (similar concerns were also highlighted in State Auditor Les Kondo’s recent report about the Department of Education, says committee members), particularly because the public has been questioning policies and rules, and demanding clearer guidelines.<\/p>\n

Kidani points to the curious decisions to close all bars \u201cbecause a couple of them screwed up,\u201d and to limit social gatherings to 10 people or fewer in non-controlled environments.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy didn’t they just close those bars down and take away their license?\u201d she asks incredulously. \u201cThat’s enforcement and that puts everybody on notice.<\/p>\n

\u201cOr, why did they exempt the DOE and UH, but close private schools? What’s the difference?\u201d Kidani continues. \u201cPeople are confused.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, challenging state officials hasn’t always gone over well. In fact, it’s led to a rather testy relationship between the parties. Much of this plays out at task force meetings in Room 211, where state department heads appear and are questioned, and where tempers often boil over. This has resulted in accusations that committee members are grandstanding. Or as Dela Cruz puts it,<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re being too cocky.\u201d<\/p>\n

But those characterizations are inaccurate, says Moriwaki (D, Kaka\u2018ako-McCully-Waik\u012bk\u012b).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe frustrating part is they say it’s political, and it’s really not. We represent what the people are saying, and (the administration is) not listening to us,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n

Keohokalole claims the group has only gone \u201cwhere there’s smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately,\u201d he adds, \u201cthe smoke is black in some of these places and it looks like there’s a fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

From the task force’s perspective, state administrators must be clearer in their communications and more effective in delivering plans of action in order to better serve the public. Were they to do that, \u201cthere wouldn’t be any air space for us to exist as a special committee,\u201d claims Keohokalole.<\/p>\n

He adds, \u201cWhether we agree with the plan or the public agrees with it or not, at least people are hearing things and can then come to conclusions as to what they should do, or what they can expect is coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fevella suggests the relationship between the task force and administration need not be adversarial.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re not the enemy,\u201d he promises. \u201cWe’re here to give a helping hand \u2014 not a fist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mercado Kim agrees, adding that the committee’s ultimate goal is \u201cto work hand in hand\u201d with the administration and state department heads. In the end, she adds, government can’t afford not to be unified \u2014 not during these troubled times when so many individual lives and businesses are at stake.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all need help and you can’t do it alone,\u201d Mercado Kim says. \u201cYou have to do it collectively as a group sometimes, so let’s work together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can come together because we have a common cause.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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