WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a bipartisan delegation this weekend to Dubai for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, also known as COP28. In addition to Cardin, the delegation included Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Ed   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a bipartisan delegation this weekend to Dubai for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, also known as COP28. In addition to Cardin, the delegation included Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Chris Coons  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2023: U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai'i-First District) has introduced into Congress proposed federal legislation to protect the world's fragile coral reef ecosystems by restricting international imports of protected ornamental reef fish and coral species collected through destructive practices. Case's H.R. 6447, the Saving Natural Ecosystems and Marine Organisms (NEMO) Act, comes as the Hawai  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, led a hearing today to underscore the need for immediate relief funding for local communities impacted by natural disasters. Schatz is the author of the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act (S.1686), bipartisan legislation that would strengthen the U.S. Department of Housing and   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Representative Judy Chu (D-CA), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), released the following statement opposing draconian immigration policy changes being considered as part of a supplemental national security aid package: "We are deeply alarmed by the latest reports on Republican demands for permanent anti-immigra  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: DUBAI - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, concluded a mission to the annual United Nations climate conference, COP28, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Schatz touted the progress made since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act last year, including the creation of hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs and lower energy prices for Hawai'i families.  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) today released the following statement after nearly 200 countries struck a landmark agreement to transition away from fossil fuels at the annual UN climate conference, COP28, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. "Today's agreement makes historic progress in the fight to save the future of the planet," said Senator Schatz. "Transitioning away from oil and gas; aggressively red  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) today announced that Maui County, Hawai'i County, and the City and County of Honolulu will receive more than $18 million in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for projects to improve safety on roads and sidewalks. The funding comes from DOT's Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program which Schatz helped create as part of the Infrastructure  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, released the following statement on President Biden's new Executive Order on Reforming Federal Funding and Support for Tribal Nations to Better Embrace Our Trust Responsibilities and Promote the Next Era of Tribal Self Determination (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.), U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) are pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take swift action to protect veterans seeking opioid prescriptions following concerning reports that fo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, 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, voted to pass the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the U.S. Senate, securing several key provisions for Hawaii and the Pacific region, U.S. military servicemembers, the Department of Defense's (DOD)   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate today passed the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which included several provisions authored by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i). The bill included bipartisan legislation led by Schatz and U.S. Representative Ed Case (D-Hawai'i) to collect data, study, report on, and better understand the health impacts for those exposed to water contamination from the Red Hill fuel leak.  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced that the full U.S. House has approved the $886 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), including his priorities on strengthening America's national security interests in the Indo-Pacific, boosting Hawaii's economy and continuing to improve the relationship between the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the local community. "The 2024 NDAA aut  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2023: The Vermont Congressional Delegation, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL), this week wrote to U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters to express their strong support for the Bureau's plan to place a Residential Re-Entry Center (RRC) in Vermont. Vermont is one of only two states, the other being Hawaii, without an  more