WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Del. Amata Radewagen, R-American Samoa, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed the news that Judge Faauuga Tootoo has been retained to another ten-year term as Judge on the Circuit Court of the First Circuit in Hawaii. "Congratulations to Judge Faauuga Tootoo on this prestigious position and important responsibility," said Aumua Amata. "He is one of our own from Nuuuli. He is highly qualified and experienced, and his retention is the right   more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 16 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced House Appropriations Committee approval of $24.64 billion in discretionary funding for financial services and general government programs for upcoming Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, including some $273 million for the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, $277 million for Small Business Administration Entrepreneurial Development Programs and $290 million for the Hig  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 15 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 14: Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced that the House Appropriations Committee has approved $158.3 billion in funding for federal transportation and housing programs for upcoming Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 as well as further COVID-19 emergency assistance, including some $24 million in funding for Native Hawaiian housing. "This measure starts by investing $75 billion in upgrading our nation's transporta  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 14 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 13: Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced that the House Appropriations Committee has approved $197 billion in funding for federal labor, health, human services and education programs for upcoming Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, including some $100 million-plus in funding for Native Hawaiian-focused programs. "This measure is the main vehicle for funding the principal federal programs benefiting Native Hawaii  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 16 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced House Appropriations Committee passage of the $50.7 billion Fiscal Year 2021 Homeland Security appropriations bill. Case said this funding measure supports his goal of increasing the role of the United States Coast Guard, especially the 14th District based in Hawai'i, throughout the Indo-Pacific region. "The Indo-Pacific is the most dynamic and consequential region in   more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced House Appropriations Committee passage of $695 billion for the nation's core defense programs, including $133 million to continue development of Home Defense Radar - Hawai'i and $5 million directed at research to ensure the safety of the Red Hill underground fuel storage tanks while a permanent solution for the facility is determined. "When we look at our national defense str  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced that the House Appropriations Committee has approved $71.473 billion in funding for federal commerce, justice and science programs for upcoming Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, including some $100 million-plus in increased funding for ocean and atmospheric programs. "This measure is the main vehicle for funding the principal federal programs benefiting our oceans and atmosphere, and th  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 14 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced House Appropriations Committee passage of the Fiscal Year (FY) 21 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, with funding to accelerate federal projects for critical improvements to state harbors and protect shorelines from sea level rise. "This bill makes critical investments in accelerating, improving and addressing Hawai'i's aging water inf  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 16 -- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded $649,000 in CARES Act funds to the Feed the Hunger Foundation which is a certified Community Development Finance Institution that provides loans in Hawai'i to help farmers and food entrepreneurs to start and grow businesses. "With the COVID-19 pandemic still in full force and Hawai'i seeing positive case rates similar to  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) cosponsored H.R.7092, the Great American Outdoors Act, to help fund important restoration and conservation work on public lands such as national parks. The bill allocates funds to the National Parks Service and other departments to pursue projects critical to the maintenance of public lands and recreation areas across the country. "In my home state of Hawai'i and across the United  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) urged the House and Senate to pass H.R.4301, the School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act, following the recent release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report which examined gun violence data and the characteristics of school shootings in K-12 education. The bill would create, for the first time, a standard definition of school shootings so that more uniform data can  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) joined Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) yesterday to send a letter to U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy requesting information on established plans and steps taken by the Postal Service to prepare for the influx of election mail caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Senate Demo  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 17 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following statement: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), lead author of the CONNECT for Health Act, released the following statement on new data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services showing expanded and widespread use of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic. * * * "Telehealth is popular and bipartisan because it reduces the cost of health care and improves quality and availability. "The skyrocke  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 14 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) announced that the University of Hawaii's Pacific Island Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) will receive $4,260,603 in federal funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to deploy more ocean sensors to observe and monitor sea levels, tides, currents, waves, and temperatures. The data collected will improve forecasts of severe weather events  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene an executive session on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building G50 to consider the following legislative measures and nominations: Agenda: S. 933, Bolstering Long-Term Understand  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee issued the following hearing information: Executive session at G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building at 10 a.m. on July 22: To consider the following legislative measures and nominations: Agenda 1. S. 933, Bolstering Long-Term Understanding and Exploration of the Great Lakes, Oceans, Bays, and Estuaries Act (BLUE GLOBE) Act, Sponsors: Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, R-R.I., Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii 2. S. 1730, Living Shore  more