HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 9 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) joined several other Members of Congress on a letter to be sent to the Trump Administration urging that it abandon proposed changes to the Student and Exchange Visitor Program that would require international students to return to their home countries if their U.S. universities and colleges are only offering online courses in the Fall 2020 semester as a result of COVID-19. "U  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 10 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced that he secured an 18% increase in funding for the East-West Center, situated on the campus of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, in the U.S. House Appropriations Committee's recommended Fiscal Year 2021 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriations bill. Case serves on the House Appropriations Committee, which today approved passage of the bill, the f  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 10 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced House Appropriations Committee passage of its recommended $153 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Funding Bill. The measure, which now goes to the full House for final approval, includes Case's requests for Hawai'i-related funding of tropical and subtropical agriculture and aquaculture, food se  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 11 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced that his House Appropriations Committee has included in its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act approved by the Committee today his request for more than $5 million for much needed improvements to the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. "With the Memorial and its attractions reopening today for the first tim  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 10 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced House Appropriations Committee passage of its recommended $251 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Funding Bill. The measure, which now goes to the full House for final approval, includes Case's requests for more than $300 million for five major construction projects at military installations in Hawai'i. For Hawai'i veterans, Case's   more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Reps. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) and 86 Members of Congress called on the Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General to conduct a full and independent investigation of the April 22 disappearance of U.S. Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen. Her remains were positively identified last week, found near the Leon River, just east of where she went missing in April. "SPC Vanessa Guillen volunteere  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 10 -- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, issued the following statement: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) called on Hawai'i Governor David Ige to continue the 14-day quarantine in effect for trans-Pacific travelers. * * * "I strongly urge the Governor and mayors of Hawai'i counties to continue the 14-day quarantine for trans-Pacific travelers because of the surge of COVID-19 infections occurring across the country, with many states experiencing a higher number of positive COVID-19  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, issued the following news release: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) joined Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn) to demand that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross make public Commerce Department Inspector General Peggy Gustafson's report on   more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), along with Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn), and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) wrote to Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to demand he complete the necessary steps to make public Commerce Depa  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 9 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 8: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and U.S. Representatives Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawai'i) and Ed Case (D-Hawai'i) today called on the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to end efforts to open Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument (PMNM) to commercial fishing. "The expansion of the PMNM has brought significant benefits. The larger site has drawn greater in  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn), and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) wrote to Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to demand he complete the necessary steps to make public Commerce Department Ins  more