WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senators Charles E. Schumer (D.-N.Y.), Jeff Merkley (D.-Ore.), Patty Murray (D.-Wash.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Bob Menendez (D.-N.J.) and 32 other colleagues today to introduce the Stop Cruelty to Migrant Children Act. This new legislation would put an end to the Trump administration's cruel and   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report on the structure of the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security joint task forces in combating the flow of illicit drugs. The report (GAO-19-441) is titled "Drug Control: Certain DOD and DHS Joint Task Forces Should Enhance Their Performance Measures to Better Assess Counterdrug Activities". The report was sent to Sen. Roger F. Wicker, R-Mississippi, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, an  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: Today the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously passed the bipartisan Developing and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act. The bill, which was reintroduced by U.S. Senators Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), would convene a working group of federal entities and experts from the private and academic sectors tasked with providing recommendati  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 12 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * - They include addressing tour helicopter overflights of military installations such as Pearl Harbor * * * The full U.S. House has approved three floor amendments by U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai'i - District 1) in its passage today of H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020. The NDAA is the federal government's annual approval of overall defense spending. Th  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * - The legislation would put an end to the Trump Administration's cruel and neglectful treatment of children at the southern border * * * U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) in introducing the Stop Cruelty  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), both members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, reintroduced the Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act, bipartisan legislation that would provide stronger protections for flood-prone communities. The Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act provides the first step towards breaking the costly cycle of  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * - Democratic senators from the Indian Affairs Committee and the Special Committee on the Climate Crisis seek input from American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Community leaders about potential solutions and adaptive responses to climate change * * * Today, U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chair of the Special Committee on the Climate Crisis, and Tom Udall (D-N.M.), vice chair of th  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Today, the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously passed the bipartisan Developing and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act. The bill, which was reintroduced by U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), would convene a working group of federal entities and experts from the private and academic sectors tasked with providing recommendati  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * - Senators' letter to FCC follows introduction of legislation laying out path to more accurate mapping * * * U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation - joined Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Brian Schatz (D- Hawaii) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) in urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to take specific, concrete steps t  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * - Senators from the Indian Affairs Committee and the Special Committee on the Climate Crisis Seek Input from Native Community Leaders About Potential Solutions and Adaptive Responses to Climate Change * * * Today, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and a group of her Democratic Senate colleagues encouraged input from American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian community leaders on the e  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) announced $100,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) to support the Maui Economic Development Board's (MEDB) creation of the Maui Business Connect program. "The more new businesses get started and grow, the more we can diversify the local economy, creating new opportunities and good paying jobs on Maui  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Today during a hearing of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on Energy, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) highlighted ongoing efforts in Hawaii to adopt sustainable energy sources and reaffirmed her support for S. 1593, the Promoting Grid Storage Act of 2019, which would provide federal resources to support research, development, and deployment of energy storage systems,   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, vice chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * - Democratic senators from the Indian Affairs Committee and the Special Committee on the Climate Crisis seek input from American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Community leaders about potential solutions and adaptive responses to climate change * * * Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Commi  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * - Democratic senators from the Indian Affairs Committee and the Special Committee on the Climate Crisis seek input from American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Community leaders about potential solutions and adaptive responses to climate change * * * Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), chair of the Special  more