WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: The co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Pacific Islands Caucus, Congressman Ed Case (D-HI), Congressman Ami Bera (D-CA), Congressman Ted Yoho (R-FL), Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Congressman Don Young (R-AK), have introduced the Boosting Long-term U.S. Engagement in the Pacific, or BLUE Pacific, Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The first-ever Congressional Pacific Islands Caucus was founded  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) announced the award of $3.2 million in grants to seven Hawaii universities and colleges through the U.S. Department of Education's Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions Program. The purpose of the Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions Program is to provide grants to eligible institutions of higher education to enable them to improve and expand their capacity to serve Native Hawaiian  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, issued the following statement: Concerned about the ongoing increase in COVID-19 cases in Hawai 'i resulting in new record highs, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) issued the following statement calling on state and local officials in Hawai'i to strengthen enforcement measures to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus. * * * "The spread of the coronavirus is outpacing efforts to contain it in our state, resulting in new record numbers of   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) cosponsored H.R.5957, the K2 Veterans Toxic Exposure Accountability Act, a bipartisan bill that would direct the Secretary of Defense to access servicemembers' toxic exposure for those deployed to Karshi Khanabad Air Base (K2) in Uzbekistan from 2001 to 2005. It also requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to maintain a registry of those servicemembers who experienced toxic expos  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) spoke in the House of Representatives during debate on the annual government funding bill addressing transportation matters to urge Congress to pass her amendment to protect essential air service which is vital to her second Congressional district. The measure passed by voice vote and will now be included in the overall bill, set for a vote tomorrow. The full transcript of her rem  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Servicewomen & Women Veterans Congressional Caucus Chairwoman Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) and Vice Chairs Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Elaine Luria (D-VA) and Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) requested that the House and Senate Armed Services Committees hold hearings into the murder of Spc. Vanessa Guillen, support legislative proposals to address sexual assault and misconduct and work to implement policies that root out the cult  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on July 30: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced legislation yesterday to increase coverage for uninsured Americans receiving Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related treatment and vaccines through Medicaid. The Stronger Medicaid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic A  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) announced nearly $3.2 million in federal funding for Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions in Hawaii, including Chaminade University, the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo), UH Maui College, Honolulu Community College, Kapiolani Community College, and Windward Community College. Provided through the U.S. Department of Education's Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serv  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) joined a letter led by Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) to Senate leadership urging them to protect Americans' private COVID-19 health data by including the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act in the next coronavirus relief package. The letter, sent to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Committee on   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) led a group of six senators in introducing the Federal Labor-Management COVID Partnership Act, a bill that would keep federal workers safe during public health emergencies, including the current COVID-19 pandemic, by creating formal labor-management task forces at both the Executive Branch and agency level. These task forces would be responsible for reviewing current tele  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and 47 colleagues introduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, a bipartisan bill to restore the landmark Voting Rights Act. Named after one of America's greatest civil rights heroes, the bill would ensure that every American can exercise their right to vote by prohibiting common voter suppression tactics such as voter purges, strict ID requirements, and poll c  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, discussed the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act, bipartisan legislation he introduced with Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) to address some of the issues surrounding Section 230 and user-generated content sites, like consumer protection for online platform users.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) urged Majority Leader McConnell to support tax-paying immigrant families who have Individual Tax Identification Numbers (ITIN) by ensuring they have access to economic relief payments provided in the CARES Act and any future coronavirus r  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), along with Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), all SASC members, as well as Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), sent a le  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, issued the following news release: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) joined Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and a group of their colleagues to urge Majority Leader McConnell to support tax-paying immigrant families who have Individual Tax Identification Numbers (ITIN) by ensuring they have access to economic relief payments provided in the CARES Act and any future coronavirus relief package. An estimated 2  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) led a letter with 25 of their colleagues urging Majority Leader McConnell to support tax-paying immigrant families who have Individual Tax Identification Numbers (ITIN) by ensuring they have access to economic relief payments provided in the CARES Act and any future coronav  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced new legislation that will increase the adoption of face coverings by providing free cloth masks to any individual who requests one. Schatz's bill will also authorize a public service announcement campaign and additional research into mask efficacy to reduce the spread of COVID-19. "The research is clea  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) demanded answers on two recently announced political appointees to the Census Bureau. The appointments of Nathaniel Cogley and Adam Korzeniewski, who have no census experience, were unexpectedly announced late last month to newly created and undefined roles at the Census Bureau. "At a time when the 2020 Census operations h  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), both members of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee sent a letter to the Federal Reserve Chair Powell and Vice Chair for Supervision Quarles raising concerns about the Fed's lack of transparency and inaction to improve stability in the banking system following recent sensitivity analyses that  more