WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) introduced the Identifying Propaganda on Our Airwaves (IPA) Act, bipartisan legislation to help disclose foreign propaganda on American broadcast television and radio. The bill authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require that broadcasters check foreign media databases to better identify groups sponsoring programm  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RL30261) on Oct. 13, 2022, entitled "Women in Congress, 1917-2022: Service Dates and Committee Assignments by Member, and Lists by State and Congress" by senior research librarian Jennifer E. Manning and Congress specialist Ida A. Brudnick. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY In total 400 women have been elected or appointed to Congress, 260 Democrats and 140 Republicans. These figures include si  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $1.28 million in federal funding to the University of Hawaii (UH) Systems to train new community health workers. The funding is part of the Community Health Worker Training Program created by the American Rescue Plan, which Senator Hirono helped pass last year. Currently, there are over 2,000 c  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $1.37 million to the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center to support the Center's work to combat Coffee Leaf Rust (CLR) in Hawaii. The funding comes from NIFA's Specialty Crop Research Initiatives (SCRI) program, and will be used to revitalize the organizati  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (TNSawa) -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $1.9 million in federal funding to programs at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa and the University of Hawaii Maui College. The funding, which aims to promote and strengthen Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions, will  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following statement on Oct. 20, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after speaking with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) Commander Admiral John Aquilino and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Energy, Installations and Environment, Meredith Berger about the ongoing water issues at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam. "Families and serviceme  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following statement on Oct. 18, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, released the following statement after the Department of the Interior announced its first-ever consultation policy with the Native Hawaiian community. "This is a very big deal and a vital first step. One of the most important principles in policymaking, especially as it relates to Native communities  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) have introduced the Identifying Propaganda on Our Airwaves (IPA) Act, bipartisan legislation to help disclose foreign propaganda on American broadcast television and radio. The bill authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require that broadcasters check foreign media databases to better identify groups sponsoring programmi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2022: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) today announced more than $27 million in funding to Hawaii from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support programs and research that expand access to health care and domestic violence programs, reduce racial and ethnic health disparities, and support the health care workforce. This funding includes over $4.3 million in congressional  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2022: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) today commended the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on newly issued guidance to consumer reporting companies about their obligation to screen for and eliminate errors from consumers' credit reports. In November, Schatz urged the agency to help improve the accuracy of credit reports, streamline the dispute resolution process, and hold consumer r  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Rohit Chopra, to request that the Remittance Rule be strengthened in order to provide consumers with greater transparency around the costs of remittance payments. This letter was also signed by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Jack Reed (  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release and letter on Oct. 21, 2022: U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter to Heartbeat International, following up on their September letter to the organization, which laid out concerns and sought answers about Heartbeat International and   more