WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on May 1, 2023: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) urged the U.S. Senate to swiftly confirm Julie Su, Acting Secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor, as the country's next Secretary of Labor. Su, who was confirmed by the Senate to be the Deputy Secretary of Labor in July 2021, has been serving in her current role since former Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh departed from the agency earlier this year. "As   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) sent a letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), expressing her strong support for the agency's proposed rule that would expand access to healthy, free school meals for students across the country. The proposed rule would update the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), a program that enables schools or school districts to p  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned a panel of legal experts about the need for a strong Supreme Court code of ethics during a full committee hearing. The hearing follows recent bombshell reporting on unethical behavior by Supreme Court justices. During her question line, Senator Hirono highlighted the absurdity of the Supreme Court's lack   more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on May 1, 2023: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, introduced the Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act, bipartisan, bicameral bill that would help ensure life insurance packages for servicemembers and veterans account for increases in cost of living and inflation. "As the cost of living increases for people across the country, it is crucial   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, questioned U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on the need to protect Hawaii's native birds and the importance of the Compacts of Free Association during a full committee hearing. "I am hopeful that the strong partnership with federal, state, and nonprofit partners will advance key actions to prevent the  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Patty Murray (D-WA), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Tim Kaine (D-VA) led 35 of their colleagues in reintroducing the Child Care for Working Families Act, comprehensive legislation to tackle the child care crisis and ensure families across America can find and afford the high-quality child care they need. The bicameral bill was led by Representative Robert C. "Bobby  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) urging the agency to conduct a comprehensive review of federal agencies and military services tasked with oversight of the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) program. The letter was sent following disturbing reports of students being forced to join the JROTC program and widespread patter  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued the following testimony by Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, at an April 18, 2023, member day hearing on transportation and infrastructure priorities: * * * Chair Graves, Ranking Member Larsen and Members of the Committee: Aloha and mahalo for the opportunity to update the Committee on key transportation and infrastructure issues and needs for both our nation and my home state of Hawaii. I want to highlight three prior  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) today reintroduced the Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act to protect flood-prone communities. The bill would provide resources for preventative measures to hel  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- 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 a legislative hearing on - * S. 195, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2023; * S. 382, Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust Confirmation Act of 2023; and * S. 13  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined Fox News' 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act, a bipartisan bill designed to help protect children from the harmful impacts of social media and empower families that the two senators introduced with U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). The legislation wou  more