‘Aloha, Kai!’: Hawaii Democrat Accused of Moonlighting as Pilot Expected to Retire from HouseJacob Bliss 28 Apr 2022
Hawaii Democrat Rep. Kai Kahele, who also works at Hawaiian Airlines and was accused of moonlighting as a pilot while voting by proxy in Washington, DC, will reportedly retire from Congress at the end of his term.
Kahele will reportedly run for governor of Hawaii instead of running for another term in Congress. This would make him the thirty-second Democrat to not run for reelection and ultimately retire from the House to run for another office.
In recent weeks, Kahele came under scrutiny for still working for Hawaiian Airlines – an international airline that lobbies Congress for legislation he has jurisdiction over. Kahele has even co-sponsored four bills that would have directly affected the aviation industry.
At the same time, he only voted in-person five times this year, which all happened during a three-day period in January. The Honolulu Civil Beat reported that the other 120 votes he had — which allegedly happened while he was still working as a pilot — were done by proxy, including “his” vote on April 2 to decriminalize marijuana, which he later touted in a press release.
He also reportedly skipped President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address in February and was the only member of the delegation that was absent when Hawaii city officials were at the capitol to talk about Honolulu’s $10 billion rail project with the Federal Transit Administration.
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