HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 23 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2023: U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01), home for his first full district work period of the new 118th Congress, announced today that the City and County of Honolulu will receive $2,125,395 in federal funds to repair a road severely damaged by the Kona Low storm of December 2021. "The Kona Low triggered severe flooding and landslides that heavily damaged Waiomao Road, a main thoroughfare of Palolo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2023: Congressman Ed Case (HI-01), recently re-appointed to his third two-year term as a member of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for all federal discretionary spending, today announced a combined total of $10 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to implement four natural resource conservation projects under DOD's Readiness and Environmental Protec  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) released the following statement applauding the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision to update their discriminatory blood donor deferral policies for men who have sex with men (MSM). "For too long, gay and bisexual men have been unjustly banned from donating blood, even during a nationwide blood supply shortage," said Senator Hirono. "I applaud the FDA for revi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined several of her Senate Democratic colleagues and patients, providers, and leaders in the fight for reproductive rights to mark the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision. During the press conference, Senator Hirono and her colleagues underscored their commitment to block House Republicans' extreme antiabortion attacks and keep fighting to prot  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined 37 of her Senate colleagues in introducing legislation to expand access to home and community-based services for older adults, people with disabilities, and injured workers, while increasing pay and improving benefits for the caregivers who provide this life-sustaining care. The Better Care Better Jobs Act, led by Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), would enhance Medicaid f  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2023: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned executives from Live Nation and competing live event companies, as well as antitrust experts and a musician, during a full committee hearing on anti-competitive behavior in the live entertainment industry. The hearing follows Live Nation subsidiary Ticketmaster's disastrous pre-sale of tickets for the  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2023: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration today announced that $62.3 million helped secured by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) in last month's appropriations bill for public transit is heading to Hawaii. As chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Schatz worked with congressional leaders to secure th  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2023: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration today announced that $63.8 million helped secured by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) in last month's appropriations bill for the Honolulu Rail Project is heading to Hawaii. As chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Schatz worked with congressional leaders   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2023: Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) took to the House Floor to deliver her first inaugural floor speech representing Hawaiʻi's Second Congressional District. Tokuda spoke about the need to raise the debt ceiling to fulfill our country's financial obligations to pay for past debt and uphold our responsibility to Americans relying on Social Security, Medicare, and other critical federal program  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) and Congresswoman Jill Tokuda (HI-02) announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will award over $2.5 million to Hawai'i's Plant Pest and Disease Management and Disaster Prevention Program (PPDMDPP). "Invasive species pose an especially grave threat to Hawai'i's unique ecosystems, natural resources and agricultu  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Jill Tokuda (HI-02) and Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will award over $2.5 million to Hawaii's Plant Pest and Disease Management and Disaster Prevention Program (PPDMDPP). "I have walked through farms devastated by infestation and disease. I've talked with farmers struggling to kee  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following statement on Jan. 25, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D- Hawai'i), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission announced it was taking up proposed rules to implement the Safe Connections Act, a new law authored by Schatz that will help survivors of domestic violence and other crimes cut ties with their abu  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) reintroduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, a bill that would provide federal employees with an 8.7 percent pay increase in calendar year 2024. Schatz and Connolly previously introduced similar legislation in the 115th, 116th, and 117th Congresses. For more than a decade, federal employees have endured go  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release and letter: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) led their colleagues Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Representatives Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Nanette Barragan (CA-44)  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) announced that Hawaii K-12 schools will receive a projected $73 million in new federal funding for the 2023-2024 school year. The new funding will be used to hire more educators, and support teacher professional development, new technology, and other academic programs at public schools serving students in low-income areas. These funds will be given directly to Title I scho  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) announced that Hawaii K-12 schools will receive a projected $73 million in new federal funding for the 2023-2024 school year. The new funding will be used to hire more educators, and support teacher professional development, new technology, and other academic programs at public schools serving students in low-income areas. These funds will be given directly to Title I scho  more