Ua hoʻolaha ka US Travel Association i ka Pōʻakolu i ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka ʻelima makahiki Distinguished Travel Champion Award: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) a me Rep. ʻO David Kustoff (R-TN). Hoʻohanohano ʻia kēlā me kēia no kāna alakaʻi kūʻokoʻa i ka holomua ʻana i nā kulekele e hoʻoikaika i ka huakaʻi a i loko o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
E hōʻike ana ʻo US Travel i nā makana i kēia lā ma US Travel's Destination Capitol Hill-ʻo ka hui huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ka hui lele lele ʻana i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i nā mea hana kulekele e pili ana i ka mana o ka huakaʻi, e hāʻawi ana i kahi hālāwai no nā alakaʻi huakaʻi e hui me nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, a me ka hōʻikeʻike. ʻo ka ʻoihana kekahi o nā ʻāpana waiwai koʻikoʻi o ʻAmelika.
"I loko o kahi makahiki i hōʻike ʻia ai nā pilikia he nui no ka ʻoihana huakaʻi, ua mau kēia mau loio i mau poʻokela huakaʻi maoli, wahi a ka Pelekikena ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Luna Nui ʻo Roger Dow. "ʻO nā lālā o ka ʻaha kūkā a mākou e ʻike nei i kēia makahiki ma Destination Capitol Hill ua hōʻike pinepine lākou i ko lākou hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke kuleana koʻikoʻi o ka huakaʻi i ke olakino waiwai o ko mākou lāhui. ʻO kā lākou hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka hana hou ʻana i ke kahua mokulele, nā papahana huakaʻi hilinaʻi, ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana kaʻa kaʻa o ko mākou lāhui, a me ka pale ʻana i kā mākou ʻaelike Open Skies i mālama i kēia mau pilikia maka ma Wakinekona, e kākoʻo ana i ke kuleana o ka huakaʻi i ka hana ʻana i nā hana ʻAmelika.
"Haʻaheo mākou e hoʻohanohano iā Sen. Collins, Sen. Hirono, Rep. Huffman a me Rep. Kustoff, a ke manaʻolana nei e hiki i nā luna kānāwai a me nā alakaʻi aupuni ke hahai i kā lākou alakaʻi i ka wā e kākoʻo ana i ka huakaʻi."
Sen Susan Collins, Maine
Ua loaʻa ʻo Sen. Collins, ka luna o ka Subcommittee Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, i ka inoa aupuni no ka hana ʻana ma nā laina pāʻina. Ke komo ikaika nei ʻo ia i ka ʻaha kūkā no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hoʻopukapuka waiwai kūpono, a he poʻokela leo o ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā mokulele. ʻO ka mea nui, ua hana koʻikoʻi ʻo Sen. Collins i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻokomo i kahi hoʻoponopono i ka Pasenger Facility Charge i loko o ka bila kālā hoʻokele kaʻa a ka Senate FY2018.
Sen. Mazie Hirono, Hawaii
Ua kākoʻo ʻo Sen. Hirono i ke kānāwai o ka makahiki 2017 e ʻae mau ana i ka papahana APEC Business Travel Card, kahi e hiki ai i nā kamaʻāina US kūpono e hana ana i ka ʻoihana ma nā aupuni APEC e hoʻohana pono i ka hoʻokō wikiwiki ʻana i ke komo ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ai. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i nā hana e hoʻonui i ka Global Entry i Iapana, Taiwan, Singapore, India a me Israel, a e hoʻonui i nā wahi Preclearance Customs i nā mokulele ma Iapana. I ka makahiki 2014, ʻo Sen. Hirono ka mea alakaʻi alakaʻi no ka ʻaelike visa bilateral i loaʻa ai nā visa malihini kipa 10 makahiki i nā kamaʻāina Kina no ka manawa mua. Ua koi pū ʻo ia e hoʻonui i ka TSA PreCheck ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa, a he mea kākoʻo nui ʻo Brand USA i ka mana hou i ka Senate.
Lunamakaainana Jared Huffman, Kaleponi
Ua lawelawe ʻo Rep. Huffman ma ke Kōmike Hoʻokele a me nā Infrastructure Hale, a ua hana nui ʻo ia i ka hana ʻana i nā kānāwai waiwai koʻikoʻi i loko o kona noho ʻana ma ka ʻaha kūkā. Ua hōʻike ʻo Rep. Huffman, nona ka ʻāpana ʻo ke awāwa ʻo Sonoma i hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā ahi nui i ka makahiki i hala, ua hōʻike i ke alakaʻi i ka pane ʻana i ka pōʻino a me nā hana hoʻōla no ka wahi i kōkua i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai no kahi huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi US.
Lunamakaainana David Kustoff, Tennessee
Ua hana nui ʻo Rep. Kustoff i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka Hale e pale i nā ʻaelike Open Skies o ʻAmelika me nā ʻāina ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 o ka honua. Ua alakaʻi ʻo Rep. Kustoff i kahi palapala hōʻailona o ka ʻaha kūkā e koi ana i ka hoʻokele Trump e pale i ka Open Skies-he hana kūleʻa i hoʻohuli i ka hoʻokele e hoʻohana i kahi kaʻina hana o ka 'Oihana Hoʻokele e hoʻoholo i nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i nā ʻaelike i hāpai ʻia e nā mokulele mokulele ʻekolu US.
