WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Ranking Member Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) Friday released their letter to Departm  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 18 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * - The Week of January 19 - 25, 2020 * * * Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) is home for a district work week shortly after resuming what is already a busy second year of the 116th Congress. In addition to attending various special events, his schedule includes several meetings with constituents, officials, organizations and the media. "Last year I held 17 Talk Stories that included sessions with organize  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Ranking Member Brian Schatz  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 17 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following statement: Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) issued the following statement on the National Transportation Safety Board's Aviation Accident Preliminary Report issued on the December 26, 2019, Airbus AS350 B2 tour helicopter crash on Kaua'i that claimed the lives of all 7 onboard: "The rapidly mounting loss of life and ground risks from Hawaii air tour helicopter/small aircraft crashes, most immediately 21 killed in three accid  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following statement on the new North American Free Trade Agreement: "Too often, free trade agreements have favored corporate interests over protections for workers and the environment. When Donald Trump unveiled his replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement, this dynamic continued. "After Democrats won a majority in the House, this agreement changed substantially. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, working alongside labor all  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: The United States Senate unanimously passed the bipartisan Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, legislation introduced by Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.). The bill creates a foundation to respond to debris, a prize for innovation, enhances international cooperation on marine debris, boosts domestic infrastructure to prevent debris from   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following statement regarding the restrictions on media access during the Senate impeachment trial. "As the Senate begins to consider the articles of impeachment, the American people deserve a full view of these proceedings. But the new restrictions imposed on the press will make it more difficult for reporters to keep the public informed about every step of this historic trial. These unreasonable restrictions must be reversed so t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * - Vaping Rates For Teens And Kids In Hawai'i Among Highest In The Nation * * * U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and 30 of his Senate colleagues called on Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn to uphold the Trump Administration's promise to remove all non-tobacco flavored vaping products from the market. The FDA this month announced a weak policy that includes huge exce  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Hawai'i received more than $8 million in federal funding to maintain harbors on Maui and Molokai. The new funding was included in the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act passed by Congress and signed into law last year. "As an island state, our harbors and ports keep our state connected and our local economy moving," said U.S. Senator Brian Schat  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) introduced the Data Mapping to Save Moms' Lives Act, bipartisan legislation that would utilize data mapping to show where high rates of poor maternal health outcomes overlap with lack of access to broadband services in order to help identify where improved access to telehealth services can be most effecti  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Mazie K. Hirono and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced the bipartisan Inspiring Nationally Vibrant Economies Sustaining Tribes Act (INVEST Act), legislation to promote new investments in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities through the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program. The INVEST Act would establish a 10 percent set-aside within the NMTC program for Native C  more