ʻI he māhina ^hono 10 hili ʻa e vela fakahisitōlia ʻo e vaotaá ʻi Mauí, ʻe fononga atu ʻa e Pule Kolo ko Richard Bissen ki Uasingatoni, DC, ʻi he pō ní, ʻaho 14 ʻo Sune, ki he Sāpate, ʻaho 23 ʻo Sune, 2024, ke ʻoatu ki he ngaahi hoa ngāue fakafederal ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala fakamuimuitaha ki he fakaakeaké mo fakalotolahiʻi ʻa e hokohoko atu ʻo e poupou ki he ngaahi feinga tokoni ki he fakatamakí.

‘E fakataha ‘a e Pule Kolo ko Bissen mo e Senatoa ‘Amelika ‘o Hauai’i ko Brian Schatz ‘i he fale ‘ofisi ‘o e Senatoa; Ko e kau ngāue ʻa e Sea ʻo e Kōmiti Vahenga ʻo e Fale ʻo ʻAmeliká ko Tom Cole ʻi he fale ʻōfisi ʻo e Fale Aleá; Pule ʻo e Potungāue Puleʻi Fakavavevave ʻa e Puleʻangá ko Deanne Criswell ʻi he ʻuluʻi ʻōfisi ʻo e FEMA; Tokoni Sekelitali Pule ki he Palani mo e Fakalakalaka Fakakolo ‘a e Potungaue Fale mo e Fakalakalaka Fakakolo ‘a ‘Amelika ko Marion McFadden ‘i he ‘ulu’i ‘ofisi ‘o e HUD; Ko e fale’i ki he Malu’i ‘o e Fonua Dr. mo e Senatoa ‘Amelika ‘o Hauai’i ko Mazie Hirono ‘i he fale ‘ofisi ‘o e Senatoa. ʻE aleaʻi ʻe he Pule Kolo ko Bissen ʻa e fakatamaki mo e fakaakeake ʻa Maui ʻi Hauaiʻí ʻi he pāneli ʻo e Moʻungá “Tuʻu Hake Mālohi: Fakafepaki, Fakaakeake mo e Mateuteu ki he Fakatamaki.” Pea, te ne fakataha mo e kau taki ʻo e Puleʻanga Pisinisi Iiki ʻa ʻAmeliká.

Ko e Talekita Pule ‘o e Vahefonua Maui ko Josiah Nishita ‘e hoko ia ko e Pule Kolo Fakataimi mei he efiafi ni ‘o a’u ki he pongipongi ‘o e ‘aho 23 ‘o Sune, 2024, ‘i he taimi ‘e foki mai ai ‘a e Pule Kolo ko Bissen ki Maui.