WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: The Committee will hold a hybrid listening session, "Public Safety & Justice Resources in Native Communities," to hear from Native leaders, individuals, and organizations on public safety matters affecting their communities. Committee staff is interested in receiving testimony in the following issue areas, including but not limited to - * Law enforcement of  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: The Committee will hold a hybrid listening session, "Public Safety & Justice Resources in Native Communities," to hear from Native leaders, individuals, and organizations on public safety matters affecting their communities. Committee staff is interested in receiving testimony in the following issue areas, including but not limited to - * Law enforcement of  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) led 11 of her colleagues in introducing the Time Off to Vote Act, legislation that would require employers--upon the request of the employee--to provide at least two consecutive hours of paid leave in order to vote in federal elections. This allotted time can be used to vote at a polling place, return a mail-in ballot, or take time for "other vo  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Peter Welch (D-VT), Tina Smith (D-MN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), in sending a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to enforce federal law by requiring Netanyahu's government to stop restricting humanitarian aid access to Gaza or forf  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) led the Hawaii Congressional delegation in urging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner, Danny Werfel, to extend the 2023 federal tax filing and payment deadlines for individuals and businesses impacted by the Maui wildfires. "As these members of our community continue to process trauma, experience displacement, and assess the damage   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), and Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), led 24 of their colleagues in reintroducing a bicameral resolution honoring abortion providers and staff by designating March 10, 2024 as "Abortion Provider Appreciation Day." The Abortion Provider Appreciation Day resolution affirms that abortion providers are valued as they provi  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on March 11, 2024: * * * Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after securing historic gains for traditionally underfunded Native American housing and transportation programs, as part of the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2024: "I am very proud to announce that I, along with the help of Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz, was able to secure more than $1.34 bil  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Representative Jill Tokuda led the Hawaii congressional delegation in introducing the Hawaii Wildfire Disaster Unemployment Assistance Continuity Act to extend the availability of federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits for residents impacted by the Maui wildfires. Following the major disaster declaration issued by President Biden, workers, business owners, and self-employed individuals who h  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- 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, led a group of senators urging U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to allow for the compassionate release of Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier. "Mr. Peltier, who has been imprisoned for the past 49 years and is suffering from severe health conditions, sh  more

WASHINGTON, March 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) and U.S. Representative Tom Cole (R-La.) - chairs of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Housing, respectively - secured more than $1.34 billion in funding for Native housing programs as part of a six-bill Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations package that was passed by Congress and signed into law last week. The  more