Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko tētahi o ngā kaitautoko tuatahi o Barack Obama
I te marama o Tihema 2006, i whakatūria e Schatz tētahi rōpū me ētahi atu kaitōrangapū o Hawai'i hei akiaki i a Obama kia rere, e mea ana, "Mo ngā tau e ono kua hipa, i whakahaeretia mātou e te wehi, te wehi ki ngā kaiwhakatuma, te wehi ki ētahi atu whenua, tae atu ki te wehi ki tētahi atu rōpū... kei te whakahaeretia te katoa e te wehi, ā, ka hurihia e Barack Obama ēnei mea katoa. E hiahia ana ia ki te whakahaere i te Hononga o Amerika mā te tūmanako". I te tau 2008 i mahi a Schatz hei kaikorero mo te kaupapa a Obama i Hawaii.