WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono Introduces Amendments to Laken Riley Act to Clarify Mandatory Detention Provisions, Uphold Federal Immigration Decisions ~ Amendments would prohibit minors from being detained, stop the separation of families with children under the age of 16, and prevent states from suing the federal government for immigration decisions ~ WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior memb  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Recognizing the Service of Women in Combat WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and 19 Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution honoring the service of women in combat roles in the U.S. Armed Forces. The resolution comes a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, posted the following statement in the Congressional Record on Jan. 14, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to reintroduce the Affordable Shipping for All Act, a bill to end discriminatory and exclusionary shipping practices faced by residents and businesses in the noncontiguous areas of our country, particularly Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. This blatant discriminat  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, posted the following statement in the Congressional Record on Jan. 16, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join my Hawaii colleague, Representative Jill Tokuda, in introducing our bill to protect one of the most unique and fragile environments on Earth, our Hawaii, from devastating invasive species. Invasive species pose an especially grave threat to Hawaii's ecosystems, natural resources and agricultural communities, in part due to Hawaii's  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz Questions Secretary Of State Nominee Marco Rubio On Relations With Pacific Island Nations, The Philippines, North Korea Policy At Hearing WASHINGTON -- At today's Senate Foreign Relations Committee nomination hearing for Secretary of State nominee, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) questioned Rubio on his approach to strengthening relations with key Pacifi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz Secures Commitment From Transportation Secretary Nominee Sean Duffy To Continue Bipartisanship At Agency, Keep Infrastructure Funding Flowing WASHINGTON - During a nomination hearing for Sean Duffy, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Secretary of Transportation, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) secured commitments to continue the longstanding tradition of bipartisanship at t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz, Senators: Republican Tax Plan Will Help Billionaires By Ripping Off Working People WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) today joined Senate Democratic colleagues to highlight Republicans' disastrous plan to cut taxes for billionaires by making enormous cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and other critical assistance that everyday Americans rely on. Schatz underscored the wide ran  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Hirono Presses Bondi--Trump Nominee for Attorney General--on 2020 Election Results, Independence of DOJ ~ Video of Sen. Hirono's question line can be found here ~ WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump's nominee to be Attorney General of the United States, at Bondi's confirm  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Hirono Presses Burgum--Trump Nominee for Secretary of Interior--on Expanding Oil and Gas Drilling, Implementing New COFAs ~ Video of Sen. Hirono's question line can be found here ~ WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, pressed Doug Burgum, President-elect Trump's nominee to be Secretary of the Interior, in his c  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Hirono Presses Hegseth--Trump Nominee for Secretary of Defense--on Personal Misconduct, Loyalty to Constitution ~ Video of Sen. Hirono's question line can be found here ~ WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, pressed Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense, on his fitness to serve,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Hirono Presses Wright--Trump Nominee for Secretary of Energy--on Strengthening Wildfire Resilience, Prioritizing American People Over Oil and Gas Industry ~ Video of Sen. Hirono's question line can be found here ~ WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, pressed Chris Wright, President-elect Trump's nominee to be S  more