WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn, Schatz, Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Boost U.s. Cultural Trade Amid Competition From China WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) introduced the Cultural Trade Promotion Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation to strengthen America's creative industries and expand cultural exports. By bolstering the creative economy, this le  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Press Releases Case Appears As Special Guest On C-SPAN's Washington Journal TV Show (Washington, DC) -- U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai'i-First District) this morning appeared on C-SPAN's nationally-televised program, Washington Journal. The live half-hour show features a single member of Congress addressing questions from the host, followed by direct questions from the viewing audience across the co  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Case Reintroduces Measure To Restrict Imports Of Ornamental Reef Fish And Coral Species Collected By Destructive Practices His "Saving NEMO Act" aims to protect the world's increasingly fragile reef ecosystems (Washington, DC) -- U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai'i-First District) today reintroduced his measure to protect the world's increasingly fragile coral reef ecosystems by restri  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Demand Senate Hearings on Trump Administration's Reckless Mishandling of Classified Military Operations ~ According to new reporting, classified military operation details were shared in Signal chat by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ~ WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined 15 of her Senate col  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Reintroduce Bipartisan Bicameral Resolution Affirming Support for the Equal Rights Amendment WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined several of her Senate and House colleagues in reintroducing a bipartisan, bicameral resolution to overcome a significant obstacle to the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). This resolution would eliminate an arbitr  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Reintroduce Volcano Warning and Monitoring Legislation WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) in reintroducing bipartisan legislation to reauthorize a domestic program focused on detecting and warning about volcanic threats. The National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Slam Draconian Immigration Registration Order WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and seven colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) senior official Kika Scott to express strong disapproval of the Trump administration's resurrection of the requirement that immigrants must register   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on March 27, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge support for my Indigenous Diplomacy and Engagement Act to ensure that our foreign affairs fully encompass and incorporate the independent interconnectedness of our world's indigenous peoples. The estimated 476 million indigenous peoples spread across all parts of our world are bound together b  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 25, 2025: * * * Rep. Tokuda Leads Colleagues in Urgent Request to Reinstate Terminated Agricultural Inspectors Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) announced she led 32 of her colleagues in a letter urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to urgently re-hire terminated Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) agricultural inspectors. Since February, USD  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Tokuda Recognized as One of the Most Effective Lawmakers in the 118th Congress Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) has been recognized as one of the most effective lawmakers of the 118th Congress by the Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL), earning a Legislative Effectiveness Score (LES) that places her among the top ten most effective Democratic lawmakers in a Republican-  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 26, 2025: * * * Reps. Jill Tokuda and Nikema Williams Lead Colleagues in Demanding President Trump Cease Attacks on the U.S. Institute of Peace Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Representatives Jill N. Tokuda (HI-02) and Nikema Williams (GA-05) led 20 members of Congress in demanding that President Trump halt his administration's ongoing attacks on the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), including the unl  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz, Blackburn Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Boost U.S. Cultural Trade Amid Competition From China WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced the Cultural Trade Promotion Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation to strengthen America's creative industries and expand cultural exports. By bolstering the creative economy, this legislation wil  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Schatz, Curtis Introduce Tribal Energy Fairness Act To Lower Costs, Strengthen Tribal Energy Sovereignty Bipartisan Legislation Removes Barriers and Boosts Tribal Access to Federal Energy Resources WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and John Curtis (R-Utah)   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz, Frankel, Lawmakers Urge Trump Administration To Reverse Illegal Gutting Of U.S. Agency For Global Media Lawmakers: These Actions Are Not Just Illegal And Wasteful, They Run Counter To Our Interests of Promoting Free Expression, Combating Censorship WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, an  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz, Shaheen Lead Colleagues in Condemning the Permanent Elimination of USAID 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, alongside Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tim Kaine (  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Hirono Highlights Dangers of Mass Federal Firings to Hawaii, U.S. ~ Video of Sen. Hirono's floor speech is available here ~ WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, took to the Senate floor to speak out against the Trump Administration's attacks on the federal workforce and funding. During her remarks, Senat  more