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"$35K Bribe? Not Me!" -- Signed by Every House Member Sitting in 2022
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HOUSE STATEMENT REGARDING THE PETITION TO "RESTORE PUBLIC TRUST — INVESTIGATE THE UNKNOWN HAWAIʻI LEGISLATOR"

News Release from Hawaii House of Representatives, Jan 7, 2026

Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – Speaker Nadine K. Nakamura issued the following statement:

"The House condemns any acceptance of campaign funds without reporting those funds to the Campaign Spending Commission. In response to the petition to "Restore Public Trust — Investigate the Unknown Hawaiʻi Legislator", the twenty-three currently serving House members who held office in 2022 publicly affirm that they are not the lawmaker referenced in the United States Attorney's pleading and that they have no knowledge of the identity of said lawmaker."

  1. NADINE K. NAKAMURA Speaker of the House
  2. LINDA ICHIYAMA Vice Speaker of the House
  3. SEAN QUINLAN House Majority Leader
  4. DEE MORIKAWA House Majority Floor Leader
  5. LAUREN MATSUMOTO House Minority Leader
  6. DELLA AU BELATTI
  7. MARK J. HASHEM
  8. DANIEL HOLT
  9. GREGGOR ILAGAN
  10. JEANNE KAPELA
  11. LISA KITAGAWA
  12. SAM SATORU KONG
  13. NICOLE E. LOWEN
  14. LISA MARTEN
  15. SCOT Z. MATAYOSHI
  16. AMY A. PERRUSO
  17. JACKSON D. SAYAMA
  18. GREGG TAKAYAMA
  19. ADRIAN K. TAM
  20. DAVID A. TARNAS
  21. CHRIS TODD
  22. JUSTIN H. WOODSON
  23. KYLE T. YAMASHITA

 

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