WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, announced that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is awarding more than $11 million to the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) to update its Unemployment Insurance (UI) system. The UI Information Technology moder  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is awarding over $3.5 million to the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA). The grants, made possible through the Micro-Grants for Food Security Program (MGFSP), will provide support for small-scale gardening, herding, and livestock operations to increase t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, led the Hawaii Congressional delegation in a letter to Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), urging the agency to extend the physical damage loan application deadline for people impacted by the Hawaii wildfires. In addition to Senat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2023: House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks at today's hearing on the start of the start of the Maui fires and the potential role of electric infrastructure in the fires. "On August 7 and 8 a series of fires b  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-02) and Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) introduced the Addressing Addiction After Disasters Act. Following a summer of climate emergencies across the country, including in Hawai'i and Vermont, Americans are suffering the cost. While the physical damage is clear, disaster-stricken communities need resources to cope with the mental and emotional damage they endure. Current Federal Emergency Mana  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) announced that her office is accepting student submissions for the 2023 Congressional App Challenge launched by the U.S. House of Representatives. "We need to encourage students to get excited about coding and app development, and thinking about a possible career in these fields," stated Rep. Tokuda. "Competitions like the Congressional App Challenge stimu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- 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 an oversight hearing titled, "Water as a Trust Resource: Examining Access in Native Communities." The hearing follows historic investments made by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Following calls from U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) for additional disaster relief funding for Maui and other communities impacted by disasters, Senate leaders released a bipartisan short-term spending bill that includes $6 billion in supplemental funding to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund. The bill would avert a government shutdown and keep the government funded through  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement regarding U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's nomination and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas's designation of Israel to join the Visa Waiver Program. "As longtime supporters of the close U.S.-Israel relationship, we support  more