WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Yesterday, the Committee held 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. U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaiʻi), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: ~ Following disastrous Dobbs decision, ACCESS Act would support providers in states where abortion remains legal ~ Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) led 7 of their colleagues in introducing the Abortion Care Capacity Enhancement and Support Services (ACCESS) Act, legislation which would establish a federal grant program for health care organizations to expand their ca  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: ~ Legislation would authorize funding for programs to increase the recruitment and retention of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields ~ Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), and U.S. Representatives Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) and Shontel Brown (D-OH) led 20 of their colleagues in reintroducing the bicameral Women and Underrepresented Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2024, legislation  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and U.S. Representatives Jennifer McClellan (D-Va.) and Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas) today introduced legislation to curb the sending of sexually explicit images online, also known as cyberflashing, by creating a federal private right of action for victims who receive such images and imposing civil penalties for individuals who send them. "No   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Today, congressional leaders released the second half of a bipartisan appropriations deal that will deliver billions in federal funding for critical programs that benefit Hawai'i. U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, successfully secured funding for Hawai'i's priorities in the final deal. The newly released bills follow the passage of the first half o  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chair of both the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, spoke on the Senate floor to highlight the record $1.34 billion in federal funding for Native housing programs as part of a six-bill Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations package that was passed by Congress and signed into l  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01), a member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee responsible for allocation of federal funding, announced that the U.S. House today passed, on a bipartisan vote of 286-134 a $1.2 trillion measure for the current fiscal year that prevents a partial shutdown of the federal government. The bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, which includes the last six of Congress' normal twelve ann  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Angus King (I-Maine), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Lloyd Austin requesting an update on the Department's efforts to address risks to the military pharmaceutical supp  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Following disastrous Dobbs decision, ACCESS Act would support providers in states where abortion remains legal Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) introduced the Abortion Care Capacity Enhancement and Support Services (ACCESS) Act, legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), which would establish a federal grant program for health care organization  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Research has shown that many eligible voters still fail to exercise their right to vote because they are unable to get time off from work U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) recently introduced the Time Off to Vote Act, legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), that would require employers--upon the request of the employee--to provide at least two consecutive hours of paid leave in   more