WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release and letter: Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, alongside U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and 34 of their Senate colleagues, urged Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Lloyd Austin to focus on the fundamental connection between our military's readiness and ensuring that women in the Armed Services have access to reproductive health care. The sen  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a group of 35 senators in a letter led by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, underscoring the serious national security imperatives tied to providing U.S. service members access to protected leave for abortion and reproductive health care services. The letter add  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led a letter with Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, underscoring the serious national security imperatives tied to providing U.S. servicemembers access to protected leave for abortion and reproductive health care services. The letter, signed by 35 Sena  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- 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 Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on U.S. national security priorities during a full committee hearing. During her question line, Senator Hirono pressed Secretary Austin on the need for military infrastructure investments in Hawaii, the Department of Defense's (DOD) support for military families, and future plan  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) reintroduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Act, a bicameral bill that would help guarantee abortion coverage--without restrictions--for millions of Americans. With the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and many states enacting extreme abortion bans, the EACH Act ends the Hyde Amendment and lifts unjust abortion co  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to President Biden raising concerns over reports that his Administration is considering a return to the ineffective and inhumane practice of detaining migrant families, after previously putting an end to family detention in December 2021. The letter, led by Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), was al  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following statement on March 29, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) met with Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su, President Biden's nominee to serve as the country's next Secretary of Labor. After their meeting, Senator Hirono released the following statement. "Throughout her career, Julie Su has been a champion for working people across our country. From combatting wage theft to strengthening workplace protections  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced a bipartisan resolution designating April 2023 as "National Native Plant Month" and recognizing the importance of native plants to environmental conservation and restoration, as well as in supporting a diversity of wildlife. "There are thousands of native plant species in the U.S. and Hawaii is home to over 40 percent of our country's   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 27, 2023: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in a letter today with Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) on behalf of a group of 34 Senators to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, underscoring the serious national security imperatives tied to providing U.S. service member  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release and letter on March 31, 2023: On International Transgender Day of Visibility, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, and his colleagues Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Tina Smith (D- Minn.), Mazie Hirono (D- Hawaii),   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: House Republicans passed H.R. 5, an extreme, anti-parent, anti-student, anti-education bill that seeks to use the power of the federal government to co-opt our schools and turn them into instruments for imposing a radical agenda on children across the country. The measure is opposed by parents, teachers, and students across the country, as well as the national Parent Teacher Association. That's why Reps Scho  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) voted no on H.R. 1, "the Polluters of People Act." This bill is House Republicans' shameless giveaway to polluters and is full of loopholes to benefit the oil, gas, and mining industries. It would reverse the significant climate provisions included in President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, including repealing: * The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a $27   more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) issued the following statement on the indictment of former President Trump: "The rule of law is a pillar of any democracy, and that means that no one, including former presidents, are above the law. "The indictment of a former president is unprecedented in our nation's history, yet so is the harm that Trump caused the country and to the office of the Presi  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) today introduced a resolution calling out the attacks on LGBTQ+ students in schools and urging communities across the country to demand equal educational opportunities, basic civil rights, and freedom from erasure for all students in K-12 schools. "Every child should feel safe at school," said Senator Schatz. "As attacks against LGBTQ+ students increas  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) led a group of 23 senators in introducing a resolution to recognize the achievements and courage of the transgender community around the world, and to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility. "International Transgender Day of Visibility is about celebrating the transgender community around the world - their achievements, their courage, and  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: At a Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) pressed Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro on staying on track with the Red Hill defueling timeline and secured his commitment to working with state and local partners to help impacted residents get the health care they need. "Are we on track for defueling Red Hill?" Schatz asked Secretary Del Toro i  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, led an oversight hearing titled, "The Future of Tribal Energy Development: Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law." Principal Deputy Under Secretary a  more