WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) has announced approval by his U.S. House Committee on Appropriations of a key measure funding agriculture and food security programs nationally and in Hawai'i that is among twelve bills to collectively fund the federal government for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (commencing October 1, 2023). The FY 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropri  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Congressman Ed Case's (HI-01) U.S. House Committee on Appropriations today approved the first of twelve bills that will collectively fund the federal government for FY 2024 (commencing October 1, 2023). The FY 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations bill proposes to fund construction and maintenance of our defense facilities throughout the country and worl  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: This week, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, hosted several events as part of the 7th Annual Hawaii on the Hill (HOH) in Washington, D.C. Hawaii on the Hill, a partnership between Senator Hirono and the Chamber of Commerce (CoC) Hawaii, was a three-day event that provided members of the Hawaii business community the opport  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Tony Cardenas (D-CA) introduced bicameral legislation to remove harmful barriers to federal public benefits for immigrants. The Lifting Immigrant Families Through Benefits Access Restoration (LIFT the BAR) Act eliminates the current five-year waiting period for access to Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHI  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Senator John Hoeven today helped reintroduce the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act. The legislation, sponsored by Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), will expand coverage of telehealth services through Medicare and make permanent telehealth flexibilities that were provided in recent years. Doing so w  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today reintroduced legislation to expand health care to veterans living in the freely associated states (FAS), three sovereign nations that have a special and unique relationship with the United States, and whose citizens serve in the U.S. military at some of the highest volunteer rates per capita. The bill is cosponsored by  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) led a bipartisan group of 60 senators in reintroducing the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act. The CONNECT for Health Act of 2023 will expand coverage of telehealth serv  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on June 15, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision rejecting all challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in Haaland v. Brackeen. "The Supreme Court just validated what Indian Country and Tribal advocates have been saying for g  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chair of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee, and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Chair of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, introduced the Junior Reserve Officer Training (JROTC) Safety Act of 2023 to better protect JROTC recruits following reports of  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, today led a bipartisan group of 60 senators in reintroducing the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act. The CONNECT for Health Act of 2023 will expand coverage of telehealth services through Medicare, make permanent COVID-19 telehealth fl  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) today led a bipartisan group of 60 senators in reintroducing the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act. The CONNECT for Health Act of 2023 will expand coverage of telehealth services through Medicare, make permanent COVID-19 telehe  more