WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Congressman Ed Case's (HI-01) U.S. House Committee on Appropriations today passed two key measures funding federal programs addressing transportation, housing, urban development, environmental protection, public lands, natural resources, indigenous peoples and other areas. The measures propose funding for the upcoming Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (commencing October 1, 2023). The Transportation, Housing  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today described the U.S. House-passed version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as fatally flawed on key national issues but positive on his priorities of strengthening America's national defense in the Indo-Pacific and improving the Department of Defense's (DoD) relationship with the local community. The $886 billion measure passed  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release and letter on July 17, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) led four of her Senate colleagues in sending a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), urging the FTC to examine claims from the Center for Intimacy Justice (CIJ) that Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) rejects health advertisements aimed at women and people of underrepresented genders, despite allowing similar advertisements targeted to  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and John Fetterman (D-PA) in writing to the Department of Justice (DOJ), urging the Department to protect the right to travel and constitutional right to interstate travel follo  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release and letters on July 19, 2023: Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), along with Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Richard Durbin (I-Ill.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Robe  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: -U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday authored an op-ed for the New York Times to lay out what we lose when Big Tech algorithms replace the ritual of childhood discovery. After meeting with a group of high school students in Connecticut, Murphy explains why he thinks it is more important than ever that Congress passes the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act, bipartisan le  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release on July 17, 2023, and a letter: Today, Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) in sending a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), urging the FTC to examine claims from the Center for Intimacy Justice (CIJ) that Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) rejects health advertisements aimed at women  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and U.S. Representative Ed Case (D-Hawai'i) introduced bipartisan legislation to collect data, study, and help better understand the long-term health impacts of those exposed to water contamination from the Red Hill fuel leak. The bill is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai'i) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) in the Senate and U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda (D-  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: A United States Senate delegation has concluded its mission to Iceland. Led by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), the bipartisan delegation included U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.). The senators were briefed by U.S. Ambassador to Iceland Carrin F. Patman and U.S. embassy officials, met with host nation President Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson, Min  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Today, the Department of Education announced that 1,690 borrowers in Hawai'i are eligible for automatic loan relief under fixes to Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans implemented by the Biden-Harris Administration. The new action from the administration would eliminate a total of $90.2 million dollars of debt from eligible borrowers across Hawai'i. "Thanks to the Biden Administration, nearly  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- 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 Committee passage of the following bills at a business meeting: * S. 195, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2023; * S. 382, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land in  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- 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, released the following statements on Senate passage of - * H.R. 423, the Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2023; * S. 70, the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2023; * S. 4  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on July 19, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Israel around Israel's entry into the Visa Waiver Program: "As longtime supporters of the U.S.-Israel relationship, we support Israel's candidacy to join the Visa Waiver Prog  more