WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2023: U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today joined his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives for the convening of the two-year 118th Congress (2023-2025). (Each Congress convenes for a two-year term, dating back to the 1st Congress in 1789 at the outset of George Washington's Presidency. Because the Speaker of the House was not elected today, the formal oath of office for Members of the 119th   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: President Joseph R. Biden signed into law legislation led by Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) to allow Native Hawaiian survivors of gender-based violence to access critical programs and resources provided by Congress through the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The reauthorization of VAWA--which was signed into law in March, 2022--provides funding to Native Hawaiian survivors of all types of sexual and gen  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: President Joe Biden signed the Norman Y. Mineta Japanese American Confinement Education Act into law. The bill, authored by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and U.S. Representative Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), will reauthorize funding for the Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) program to preserve internment camps across the country. The new law, which was included in the government funding bill last mo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: President Joe Biden signed the Native American Language Resource Center Act into law. The bipartisan legislation, authored by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, will bolster Native American language schools and programs with coordinated, experienced support. "As we have seen in Hawaii, Native speaker-led language programs have proven that culturally based  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Last month, President Joe Biden signed the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law. The new law includes a provision authored by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) that will provide more transparency and accountability on the sale of military equipment to local police departments across the country. "In order to demilitarize the police, the public must know which police departments are get  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2023: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) today was sworn in to a new term in the U.S. Senate. Schatz won reelection to a second full term last November, garnering more than 71 percent of the vote - the largest margin of victory by any Senate candidate in 2022. Schatz has served for a decade in the Senate, first joining in 2012 before winning a special election in 2014. He then won his first full te  more