WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Case, Bresnahan, Jr. Introduce Small Business Measure To Expand Employee Stock Ownership Plans (Washington, DC) - U.S. Representative Ed Case (D-Hawai'i-01), along with U.S. Representative Robert Bresnahan, Jr. (R-Pennsylvania-08), today announced introduction of a bipartisan measure to assist small businesses to adopt Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), which offer a tested solution to employment and  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Blast Trump Administration's Attacks on Head Start, Demand RFK Jr. Immediately Release Funding and Reverse Firings ~ 42 lawmakers write to RFK Jr. demanding answers on Trump admin's actions undermining Head Start as Trump reportedly plans to eliminate the program ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), T  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Ban Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Americans WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), U.S. Representative Mark Takano (D-CA), and 260 colleagues in reintroducing the bicameral Equality Act, in an effort to push back against escalated attacks from the Trump Administrati  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Strickland, Brown Lead Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Promote Diversity in STEM ~ Legislation would authorize funding for programs to increase the recruitment and retention of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields ~ WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and U.S. Representatives Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) and Shontel Brown (D-OH) led 18 of the  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * PHOTOS: As Trump Attacks Public Education, Hirono Meets with Student and Educators Across Hawaii ~ Photos of the Senator's meeting with HSTA members can be found here ~ ~ Photos of the Senator's visit to Waianae Elementary School can be found here ~ HONOLULU, HI - As President Trump takes steps to abolish the Department of Education (ED) and attack public education, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Tokuda Releases Statement on the Elimination of Funding for the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant In President's FY 2026 "Skinny" Discretionary Budget "I am deeply disappointed, yet sadly not surprised, by President Trump's 'skinny budget' proposal to eliminate funding for the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant in the upcoming fiscal year. This action is a blatant betrayal and shows complete disr  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz Statement On President Trump's Budget Proposal WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on President Donald Trump's budget proposal. "The president's budget proposal is simply that - a proposal. It's not going to happen. If enacted, President Trump's proposed budget cuts would weaken our national securi  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz: Proposed HHS Testing Plan To Withhold Vaccines From Select Kids, Families Risks Lives, Mirrors Immoral Tuskegee Experiment WASHINGTON - Following reports that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., would radically change testing vaccines by introducing placebo testing, including for well-researched diseases like measles and polio, U.S. Se  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Scott, Schatz Push Effort to Provide Resources to Improve Flood Mitigation Strategies The Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act would help flood-prone communities end the costly cycle of repeated flooding and rebuilding. Washington, D.C. - Ahead of the committee's hearing entitled, "Examining Insurance Markets and the Ro  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following floor remarks on April 28, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. President refers to the presiding officer of the Senate at the time of the speech): * * * Madam President, everyone enters public service hoping that they can make a difference, but few have the ability or the fortune to do as much good as Senator Dick Durbin has over his long and storied career. Since stepping into these Halls of Congress more than  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Tillis, colleagues introduce bipartisan, bicameral bill to foster American innovation by modernizing the Patent Trial and Appeal Board WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) reintroduced the Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act today. The PREVAIL Ac  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on May 1, 2025: * * * Senators Demand to Know Who Killed Minority Business Development Agency, Why & Where's the Money Going? New questions come as Trump nominee for Commerce Dep Sec set to appear before Commerce Committee TODAY WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, Ta  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Demands Answers on Politicization of Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice Senators request oversight hearing to investigate Trump Administration's efforts to undermine DOJ WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, along with Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Subc  more