WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hawaii Delegation Statement on Restoration of Funding for INNOVATE Hawaii WASHINGTON, DC - Today, 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) released the following statement after the National Institute of Standards and Technology announced it would be reinstating funding for INNOVATE Hawaii, a Hollings Manufacturing   more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Booker, Castro, Jayapal Lead Over 100 Colleagues in Opposing HHS Proposed Rule to Take ACA Eligibility Away from DACA Recipients WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), and U.S. Representatives Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) led 117 of their Democratic colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Se  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz Statement On Pete Marocco's Departure From State Department WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, released the following statement on reports that Pete Marocco, who oversaw the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has left the U.S. Department of State. "Pet  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz Statement On Trump Administration's Refusal To Return Wrongfully Deported Maryland Man WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) released the following statement after President Donald Trump and top administration officials refused to comply with a Supreme Court order to help return Kilmar Abrego Garcia who the Justice Department has admitted to mistakenly deporting to El Salvador.   more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz Statement On Trump Order Gutting Protections For Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to open up the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial fishing. "At a time when the climate crisis is threatening our fragile ocean   more