WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Case Reintroduces Measures To Halt Potentially Destructive Deep-Seabed Mining His bills would impose moratoria on mining of the seabed under American jurisdiction and call for one in international waters including a huge target zone just southeast of Hawai'i (Washington, DC) - U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) has reintroduced two measures in the 119th Congress (2025-2027) calling for moratoria on the mini  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hawai'i Congressional Delegation Leads Resolution Celebrating Mahina 'Olelo Hawai'i WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai'i) and U.S. Representatives Ed Case (D-Hawai'i) and Jill Tokuda (D-Hawai'i) today introduced a resolution celebrating Mahina 'Olelo Hawai'i, also known as Hawaiian Language Month. "This February, we celebrate Mahina 'Olelo Hawai'i and th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2025: * * * Hawai'i Congressional Delegation Leads Resolution Celebrating Mahina 'Olelo Hawai'i February Is Hawaiian Language Month WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai'i) and U.S. Representatives Ed Case (D-Hawai'i) and Jill Tokuda (D-Hawai'i) today introduced a resolution celebrating Mahina 'Olelo Ha  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Schatz Lead Colleagues in Demanding Trump's DHS Immediately End Wrongful ICE Searches & Harassment of Tribal Members, Uphold U.S. Trust and Treaty Responsibility with Tribal Nations WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Vice Chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, led 13 of their Democratic colleagues in demanding that the U.S. Depa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Schatz Lead Colleagues In Demanding Trump's DHS Uphold Federal Trust And Treaty Responsibilities To Tribal Nations And Immediately End Wrongful Ice Searches And Harassment Of Tribal Members WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), vice chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee, led 13 of their Democrat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono Joins Hawaii Congressional Delegation in Leading Resolution Celebrating Mahina Olelo Hawaii WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) and U.S. Representatives Ed Case (D-HI) and Jill Tokuda (D-HI) introduced a resolution celebrating Mahina Olelo Hawaii, also known as Hawaiian Language Month. "Indigenous languages are an important part of our country's hi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Demand: Hands Off Medicare and Medicaid Lawmakers: "It is dangerously unacceptable that an unelected Musk and his unqualified acolytes have access to sensitive CMS systems and are ready to bypass Congress to make life and death decisions affecting millions of Americans." WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Ed Markey (D-MA), Elizabeth Warren (D-M  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues from Disaster-Impacted States Demand Answers About Elon Musk and DOGE's Access to Disaster Victims' Personal Data WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), and nine of their colleagues from disaster-impacted states in demanding answers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on the potential security   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Raise Alarm Over Trump Administration Pushing Illegal Indiscriminate Funding Cuts to NIH, Derailing Lifesaving Research Lawmakers: "We urge you to stop playing political games with the lifesaving work of the NIH and to allow NIH research to continue uninterrupted." WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and the rest of the Senate  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Duckworth, Takano Renew Push to Prevent Atrocities like Mass Japanese American Incarceration from Happening Again WASHINGTON, DC - Today, on the anniversary of Executive Order 9066 that began the horrific incarceration of thousands of Japanese Americans during World War II, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and U.S. Representative Mark Takano (D-CA) reintroduc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz, Marshall Introduce Legislation To Improve Weather Forecasts, Help Communities Better Prepare For Extreme Weather U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) today introduced a bill to strengthen the collection of weather and soil moisture data, improving the accuracy of extreme weather warnings and agriculture forecasts. The Improving Flood and Agricultural Forecasts Act  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz: Instead Of Addressing Rising Prices, Air Safety Issues, And New Disease Outbreaks, Trump And Republicans Want To Cut Taxes For Billionaires And Make You Pay For It WASHINGTON - Today on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) underscored President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans' efforts to cut taxes for billionaires, while making working families foot the bill as th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Leads Bipartisan Effort to Improve Important Weather Forecasting Tools Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen the collection of weather and soil moisture data and improve the accuracy of extreme weather warnings and agriculture forecasts. "The mesonet and soil moisture monitoring   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Hirono Votes Against Patel Confirmation, Condemns Weaponization of FBI and DOJ ~ Video of Sen. Hirono's floor speech is available here ~ WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, voted against Kash Patel's nomination to serve as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Prior to the vote, Senator Hi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: On Senate Floor, Hirono Calls Out Republican Attacks on Department of Education, Programs for Students and Families ~ Video of Sen. Hirono's floor speech is available here ~ WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) took to the Senate floor to condemn President Trump's and Republican's efforts to eliminate the Department of Education (ED) and cut crucial federal funding for prog  more