WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Congressman Ed Case's (HI-01) U.S. House Committee on Appropriations today approved two key measures - one funding national defense programs and one funding energy and water programs - that are among twelve bills to collectively fund the federal government for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (commencing October 1, 2023). The FY 2024 Defense Appropriations bill proposes to spend $826.4 billion for federal a  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined 59 of his bipartisan colleagues, including Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), in reintroducing the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act. The bill expands Medicare coverage of telehealth servic  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023, and letter: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), along with over 70 colleagues, in sending a bicameral letter urging President Biden to discuss the need to protect human rights and democratic values in India as he meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week. "As the world's oldest democracy and the worl  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined seven of her Senate Judiciary Committee colleagues in reintroducing the American Innovation and Choice Online Act. This bipartisan legislation, led by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), would restore competition online by establishing common sense rules of the road for dominant digital platforms to prevent them from abusing their market power  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in introducing the Junior Reserve Officer Training (JROTC) Safety Act of 2023 to better protect JROTC recruits following reports of program instructors sexually assaulting and harassing high school students. The legislation would also increas  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Nearly one year after the Supreme Court ruled to ignore 50 years of precedent and overturn Roe v. Wade, stripping away the constitutional right to abortion, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) released a new report: One Year Without Roe: Health Care Providers Spea  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Today, Representative Jill Tokuda, a member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) voted to report the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to the full House. Enacted into law annually for over sixty consecutive years, the NDAA is a critical piece of legislation that addresses the Department of Defense and national security-related programs. Representative Tokuda p  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.),Thom Tillis(R-N.C.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) introduced thePromoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act today. This billsupports inventors, encourages investments in intellectual property, secures U.S. global technology leadership, and protects economic and national security. The PR  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, and Representatives Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), Member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Stephanie Bice (R-Okl  more