WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, questioned a panel of experts about the importance of updating military infrastructure and collaborating with Pacific region partners and allies--two of her top priorities as the incoming Chair of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support. The Senator asked her questions during a full committee hearing on Global   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues in a letter urging the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to address the challenges veterans face when seeking mammogram services, key medical examinations that help detect early signs of breast cancer. In the letter, the lawmakers called upon the VA to put  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) today joined 11 of her Senate Democratic colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden urging the Biden administration to take new steps to protect reproductive freedom amidst divided control of Congress and increasing efforts to restrict access to abortion. In addition to Senator Hirono, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Ed Markey   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with her Judiciary Committee colleagues Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), introduced legislation to strengthen online privacy protections for children when websites collect their personally identifiable information. As the collection of personal information by internet companies is encroaching more  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and John Thune (R-S.D.) to reintroduce the Internet Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (Internet PACT) Act, bipartisan legislation which updates the Communications Act of 1934 by requiring social media companies to establish clear content moderation policies and holding them accountable for content that violates their own  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in sending a letter to President Biden, urging his administration to take new step  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2023: Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) announced her appointment to serve on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. "I am honored to have been selected to serve as a member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, and to work alongside Ranking Member Raul Ruiz to advance the real interests of the American public," said   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee respectively, announced that U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) will remain Chair of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development for the 118th Congress. "Last Congress, we delivered record federal funding to where people need it most - affordable housing, infra  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2023: U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and John Thune (R-S.D.) today reintroduced the Internet Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (Internet PACT) Act, bipartisan legislation which updates the Communications Act of 1934 by requiring social media companies to establish clear content moderation policies and holding them accountable for content that violates their own policies or is  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in sending a letter to President Biden, urging his administration to tak  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) sent a letter to President Biden, urging his administration to take new steps to protect  more