WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn, Schatz Introduce Bill to Strengthen U.S.-Taiwan Partnership, Safeguard U.S. from Communist China's Security Threats WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) introduced the Taiwan Travel and Tourism Coordination Act to keep Americans safer by establishing robust security screenings for those traveling to the U.S. from Asia, open new marke  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono Urges DOI Secretary to Reinstate Crucial Hawaii Fish & Wildlife Service Employees Hastily Fired by Trump Administration Sen. Hirono: "The recent across-the-board firing of probationary employees at the Department of the Interior was done in haste, without foresight, and will do lasting damage to communities throughout our country." WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Blumenthal, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Ban High-Capacity Gun Magazines ~ A similar law prohibiting semiautomatic assault weapons and high-capacity magazines was in place from 1994-2004 ~ WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced the Keep Americans Safe Act (KASA) to reinstate a nationwi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Call Out Education Department's "Inadequate" Response to Senate Inquiry on DOGE's Access to Federal Student Loan Data WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and 12 colleagues in sending a letter to Acting Secretary of Education Denise Carter, raising concerns about the Department of Education's (ED) response to their inquiry in  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Demand Answers About EPA Clean School Bus Program Funding Freeze WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Ed Markey (D-MA), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), and 14 colleagues in sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, requesting information about the status of the distribution of Clean School Bus program funding to re  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Demand Funding to Fully Implement Social Security Fairness Act WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Ed Markey (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and 25 colleagues in sending a letter to Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) urging them to provide no less than $15.402 billion for the Social Security Admini  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Tillis to Continue Serving as Senate Co-Chairs of Congressional Creative Rights Caucus WASHINGTON, DC -U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) announced that she will continue serving as Senate Co-Chair of the Congressional Creative Rights Caucus, with Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC). U.S. Representatives Judy Chu (D-CA) and Laurel Lee (R -FL) will serve as the House Co-Chairs. "I'm glad to join R  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats Statement On Trump Administration's Reckless Termination Of U.S. Foreign Assistance Programs WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday joined U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), T  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2025: * * * Rep. Tokuda Collecting Stories From Those Impacted by Trump and DOGE Actions Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) launched a new initiative to hear directly from community members about how they have been harmed by the actions of the Trump Administration and DOGE. "From firing our federal workers without cause, threatening to cut funding for essential lifeli  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz: Trump's Fake Energy Emergency A Distraction From High Costs, Big Oil Giveaways WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) issued the following statement after voting for S.J.Res.10, a joint resolution to terminate President Trump's "national energy emergency." # "Let's make one thing clear: Trump invented an energy emergency to justify giving a blank check to Big Oil companies to do   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz: USAID Shuttering Is Illegal, Inefficient, Counterproductive, And Carries Deadly Consequences Worldwide WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, issued the following statement after the Trump administration moved to eliminate 1,600 jobs at the United States Agency for International Development (  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schatz, Ranking Member Shaheen Demand Answers from Secretary Rubio on USAID and State Department Program Terminations WASHINGTON--Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, sent a letter to Secretary o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Moran, Padilla, Hirono, Lankford Introduce Bill to Promote Wildfire Mitigation Through Wildlife Grazing WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) introduced legislation to promote research on how grazing can support wildfire mitigation, fuels reduction and post-fire recovery. Several states have implemented pil  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Joins Hirono, Blumenthal, Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Ban High-Capacity Gun Magazines Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and colleagues in introducing the Keep Americans Safe Act (KASA) to reinstate a nationwide ban on the sale, transfer, possession, import, or manufacture of high-capacity gun magazines that  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Hirono Condemns Republican Attacks on Public Education, Urges Colleagues to Oppose McMahon's Nomination ~ Video of Sen. Hirono's floor speech is available here ~ WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) took to the Senate floor to speak out against Linda McMahon's nomination to serve as the next Secretary of the Department of Education (ED). During her speech, Senator Hi  more