WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 14, 2023: Congressman Ed Case's (HI-01) U.S. House Committee on Appropriations this week approved annual federal funding for the U.S. Department of State and other foreign operations focusing on international diplomacy and development including continued funding for the East-West Center in Honolulu. His Committee also approved another funding measure for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and vari  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 11, 2023: U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today introduced two measures calling for moratoria on the mining of our world's deep seabed unless and until its consequences are fully understood and an appropriate protective regulatory regime is established. "Our deep oceans and seabed are the last unexplored regions of our world, yet what we do know of them is that they are among our most intricate and fragil  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: Congressman Ed Case (D-HI), joined by colleagues including Co-Chairs of the Congressional Pacific Islands Caucus Congressman Ami Bera (D-CA), Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), and Congresswoman Amua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), have re-introduced their Boosting Long-term U.S. Engagement in the Pacific, or BLUE Pacific, Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The BLUE Pacific Act, first introd  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following statement on July 13, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) released the following decision applauding the FDA for approving over-the-counter birth control access and urging Congress to pass her Affordability is Access Act with Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) to require insurers to cover this medication without out-of-pocket costs. "Birth control is essential healt  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 11, 2023: Today, during a full committee hearing, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, questioned General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., who has been nominated to serve as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. During her question line, Senator Hirono commended General Brown for his co  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: Today, during a full committee hearing, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, questioned General Randy A. George, who has been nominated to serve as the next Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. During her question line, Senator Hirono highlighted recent problems caused by the sign  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA), and more than 80 of their colleagues, in introducing the IDEA Full Funding Act. This legislation would finally ensure Congress fulfills its commitment to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Congress passed IDEA to ensure that every child with a dis  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 7 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, joined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Martha Guzman in events to highlight the partnership between state, local, and federal entities in support of Hawaii's farmers and renewable energy initiatives. The events were part of an Investing in America tour and highlighted thr  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) wrote to the Department of Justice (DOJ) urging the Department to protect the constitutional right to interstate travel following state-level ef  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on July 14, 2023, and a letter: Yesterday Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas), along with a bipartisan group of colleagues, formally announced the formation of the Bipartisan Fiscal Forum (BFF), a group dedicated to sounding the alarm about our nation's unsustainable debt trajectory and working together to gain control of our fiscal future. Led by Reps. Scott Peters (D-California) and Bill Huizenga (R-Michigan), the steeri  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 6 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Yesterday, U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda led a group of Biden Administration officials to visit the island of Molokai to meet with residents of Kalaupapa, tour health care facilities, and review airport infrastructure projects. Rep. Tokuda's Molokai visit included the following Biden Administration officials: * Krystal Ka'ai, Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native   more

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, July 15 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 14, 2023: U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) have embarked on a congressional delegation mission to Iceland. The delegation will meet with host nation government officials and U.S. diplomats to discuss the importance of maintaining and strengthening U.S.-Iceland ties and the NATO Alliance. The senators will also   more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- 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. 616, Leech Lake Reservation Restoration Technical Corrections Act of 2023; * S. 1898, Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2023; and * S. 198  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) wrote to the Department of Justice (DOJ), urging the Department to protect the right to travel and constitutional right to intersta  more