WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Ed Case's (HI-01) U.S. House Committee on Appropriations today approved two key measures funding federal homeland security and foreign affairs programs with important ties to Hawai'i for the upcoming Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 (commencing October 1, 2024). Both the homeland security and foreign affairs funding measures included Case's requests for critical funding for American priorities in the Indo-P  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced more than $18.9 million in funding for the Honolulu Board of Water Supply's "Kalaeloa Seawater Desalination Project." The funding for this project will go toward designing and building a desalination facility that will remove dissolved mineral salts in seawater to obtain fresh drinking water, creating a  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on the Supreme Court's ruling in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a case concerning access to mifepristone. "Today's decision has preserved access to mifepristone for now, however, the door remains open so that this access could be challenged again in the future. Let's be clear  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following statement on June 14, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02), member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 217-199. "Once again, House Republicans have derailed a bipartisan process for this year's National Defense Authorization Act by adding harm  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- 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 legislative hearing on - * S. 2908, Indian Buffalo Management Act; * S. 3263, Poarch Band of Creek Indians Parity Act; * S. 4000, A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes;   more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced a bipartisan resolution yesterday recognizing the month of July as National Anti-Counterfeiting and Consumer Education and Awareness Month, which highlights the importance of the roles of trademarks in the American economy and in protecting consumer safety. In addition to Senators Coons and Grassley, this resolution is also cosponsore  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Congressman Ed Case's (HI-01) U.S. House Committee on Appropriations today approved a key measure funding the Department of Defense for the upcoming Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 (commencing October 1, 2024). His Committee also approved another funding measure for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and various agencies focused on financial regulation, consumer protection and law enforcement. "T  more

WASHINGTON, June 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 $883.7 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), including four of his floor amendments as well as 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) an  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) voted in support of the Right to IVF Act, legislation to protect the right to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technology (ART) services, as well as expand insurance coverage of IVF treatment for those who struggle with infertility. Prior to the vote--which failed on the Senate floor, with only two Republicans voting to advance it--Sena  more