Neil with Waipahu businessman Goro Arakawa, right, at a West Pearl Harbor Rotary Club luncheon meeting.

Neil gets set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on his War Profiteering Prevention Act, a bill he's sponsoring to crack down on massive fraud by U.S. contractors at home and overseas.

Hilo High School student Megan Kurohara is interviewed by Neil for his television show "Hawaii Now" which spotlighted the work of Kurohara and her teammate, Kelson Lau of Waiakea High School, at the 2009 Hawaii State Science and Engineering Fair.

One Voice for Livable Islands, a community coalition that promotes the use of bikes and public transportation in Hawaii, presents Neil with the group's official pin after a meeting on Capitol Hill.

Neil was briefed at an Oceanic Institute lab that is doing ground-breaking work studying the life cycle of ornamental tropical fish. This work, one of an array of ongoing projects at the institute, could greatly expand the commercial market for such fish.

Hawaii students participating in the National Youth Leadership Conference meet Neil in Washington, D.C. The students are Lei Tenorio, Brooke Mendoza, Caitlin Thomas, and Monique Smith.

Imiloa Astronomy Center Associate Director Ka'iu Kimura gives Neil a tour of the Hilo facility.

Neil at a Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard job fair which attracted 8,000 prospective students for the shipyard's four-year apprenticeship program. Neil's been a constant and tireless supporter of job training for the shipyard's workforce.

The Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce in Honolulu welcomed Neil to a luncheon meeting to discuss the economic recovery legislation shortly after its passage in early 2009.

Neil helped to obtain funding for the newly-established GEAR Up program at Waipahu Intermediate School to help guide students toward a college education.

Neil is part of a bipartisan group that held a news conference to discuss the group's bill for a national energy policy to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil and to provide stable and significant funding for renewable and alternative energy technologies.

Neil speaks to students from the Close Up program in Washington, D.C.

An annual Citizenship Fair, organized by Neil, helps eligible immigrants to become U.S. citizens. One of the fair's clients tells Neil about his hopes for citizenship.

A group from the Student American Chiropractic Association (SACA), led by Mario Melendez of Hawaii, met with Neil to call for the expansion by the Defense Department of chiropractic benefits to all members of active duty soldiers and Marines overseas – particularly in deployed areas.

Neil congratulates the newly-crowned Queen and her Court at the annual Japanese Junior Chamber of Commerce's 2009 Cherry Blossom Festival.

Kamehameha Schools senior Ashlee Jimenez (second from right) won "Best of Show" honors in the 2009 Congressional Arts Competition. She was joined by Neil and her parents on stage at an awards ceremony at Pearlridge Center in Pearl City, Hawaii.

Neil inspects the latest in electric car technology, an Aptera Motors plug-in electric vehicle that gets about 200 miles per "charge" and goes on the market in late 2009.

Students from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and two Mainland colleges were part of a "Power Shift 09" group which urged to Neil and other lawmakers to take bold, comprehensive and immediate federal action on climate change.