WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Yesterday, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) sent a letter to President Joe Biden ahead of the President's meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urging him to reinforce the importance of protecting civilians and the need for immediate humanitarian aid into Gaza--including providing civilians with water, food, electricity, fuel, and  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) announced the Senate passage of the Korean American VALOR Act, a bipartisan bill she co-led with Senator Mike Bruan (R-IN). The bill allows veterans who served in the armed forces of the Republic of Korea during the Vietnam War, and have since become naturalized U.S. citizens, to become eligible for healthcare services through the U.S. Department   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reintroduced legislation to provide unaccompanied children with access to legal representation when they appear in proceedings before an immigration judge. Senator Hirono announced the reintroduction of the bill, The Fair Day in Court for Kids Act, during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on the status of U.S. immigratio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined 31 of her colleagues in urging Congressional leaders to extend funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which provides financial assistance to access high-speed internet for more than 21 million working families across the nation. The program is so popular that its funds are set to run out in a few months, well ahead of the an  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: WATCH: Senator Padilla pushes for Supreme Court term limits WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in introducing the Supreme Court Biennial Appointments and Term Limits Act to establish 18-year term limits and regularized appointments f  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) this week introduced new legislation to help stop illegal child labor. The bipartisan Stop Child Labor Act would increase maximum fines for violations, establish new criminal penalties, allow victims harmed by violations to file private lawsuits, and encourage collaboration between employers and government to stop child labor violations before the  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- 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, announced more than $2.2 million in new fiscal year 2023 grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education to implement the Native American Language Resource Center Act, legislation led by the S  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for an executive business meeting at 10 a.m. on Oct. 19, 2023, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building: AGENDA I. Nominees * Mustafa Taher Kasubhai, to be United States District Judge for the District of Oregon * John A. Kazen, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas * Eumi K. Lee, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California * Shanlyn A.S. Park, to   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) provided a wrap-up of his recent congressional delegation (CODEL) to Indo-Pacific Command and other U.S. military headquarters and installations in Hawaii and Guam. Given the increasing military threat posed by China, Senator Budd received operational briefings and toured infrastructure projects to ensure the joint force is postured to maintain deterrence in the region. Additiona  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following joint statement: "We are appalled by the unfathomable violence against Israeli civilians and unequivocally condemn Hamas and its brutal actions. We mourn for those who were ruthlessly murdered and injured, as well as for their loved ones and communities who are living through a nightm  more