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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Hawaii Newsletter for Sunday September 22, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Congressmembers Lee, Cleaver Introduce Bill to Prepare Workers and Next Generation for Technology Driven Workforce
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Representatives Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) introduced the Workforce of the Future Act, legislation that would identify how artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies will change the workforce of the future and provide workers, teachers, and our nation's students with the resources to develop integral skills required to participate in that workforce. Senators Laph  more

Congressmembers Lee, Cleaver Introduce Bill to Prepare Workers and Next Generation for Technology Driven Workforce
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Representatives Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) introduced the Workforce of the Future Act, legislation that would identify how artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies will change the workforce of the future and provide workers, teachers, and our nation's students with the resources to develop integral skills required to participate in that workforce. Senators Laph  more

Schatz Leads Bipartisan Group Of 10 Senators In Calling For Urgent Disaster Relief Funding
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) led a group of 10 bipartisan senators in calling on Senate leadership to move quickly to pass additional funding to help states recover from ongoing disasters. Schatz was joined by U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai'i), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Alex Padilla (D-C  more

Schatz Votes To Protect IVF Access Nationwide
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) today voted to protect and expand access to IVF nationwide. The Right to IVF Act failed to pass the Senate after all but two Republicans voted against it for the second time in just over three months. Ahead of the vote, Schatz highlighted a local family from Hawai'i who conceived their child, Nalu, through IVF. At a press conference ahead of vote, Schatz holds up photo of Ha  more

Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chairman Schatz, Vice Chairman Murkowski Lead Committee Passage of Four Bills, Hold Nomination Hearing
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- 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, led Committee passage of the following bills at a business meeting: * S. 2695, Parity for Tribal Law Enforcement Act; * S. 3857, Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act; * S. 4442, Crow Tribe W  more

Warren, Fetterman, Senators Push USDA to Eliminate School Lunch Junk Fees
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics and Research, Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Bernie Sanders, Chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), former   more