WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) sent a letter to President Trump calling for a temporary suspension of all cruise line operations nationwide until there are proper procedures available to ensure with total and absolute certainty that all people can be tested for COVID-19 and cleared before boarding or disembarking cruise ships. The letter also urged the Administration to work with Congress to provide economic re  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 12: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) introduced H.Res.897 which provides for a universal basic payment to help Americans across the country weather the storm caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. "The coronavirus pandemic has created a threat to the health and well-being of the American people, as well as to our country's economic stability. While some in Washington are focused on taking care of W  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 11: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) voted to pass S.J.Res.68, a war powers resolution that demands the end of military action against Iran without Congressional authorization and reasserts the Constitutional authority of Congress to declare war. "Our nation's founders endowed Congress with the grave responsibility of deciding whether or not to declare war. They recognized how dangerous it would be for o  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) secured a commitment from Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt to provide six-month updates on the progress of rebuilding the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) on Hawaii Island during an Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. From Senator Hirono's Exchange with Secretary Bernhardt: Senator Hirono: "I'd like to get a commit  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 13: * * * - Coronavirus Worker Relief Act Expands Current Disaster Unemployment Assistance Program To More Workers * * * U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Mitt Romney (R-Utah), and U.S. Representatives Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.), John Rutherford (R-Fla.), and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) introduced the Coronavirus W  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on March 12: * * * - Coronavirus Worker Relief Act Expands Current Disaster Unemployment Assistance Program To More Workers * * * U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai'i), and Mitt Romney (R-Utah), and U.S. Representatives Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.), John Rutherford (R-Fla.), and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) introduced the Coronavirus Wo  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * - Federal Workers And Contractors Should Not Be Penalized For Following Guidance From Public Health Authorities * * * U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and a group seven senators urged the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to commit that federal workers and contractors will not be penalized for following recommended health procedures to prevent further spread of the coronavirus.   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * - Legislation Would Provide Free Diagnostic Testing and Related Health Care Services for Americans Receiving Tests to Confirm Coronavirus Infection * * * U.S. Senators Brian Schatz, Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and a number of their Democratic Senate colleagues introduced the Free COVID-19 T  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: The State of Hawai'i will have immediate access to more than $4.5 million in emergency funding. The funding, which was approved by Congress and signed by the president last week, will be used to help Hawai'i respond to the crisis. "This federal money will help fund Hawai'i's response efforts and give us additional resources to keep people safe," said U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), a member of the Se  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * - White House has Repeatedly Allowed Politics to Overrule Public Health Advice * * * United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Richard Blumenthal (D-N.J.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) sent a letter to Vice President Mike Pence, head of the White House Coronavir  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * - Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act provides federal employees more flexibility during novel coronavirus outbreak * * * Senators Ben Cardin, Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), introduced S. 3428, the Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act - legislation that requires federal agencies to expand teleworking after years of attacks by the Trump Administration. Expanding  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * - Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act provides federal employees more flexibility during novel coronavirus outbreak * * * Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) introduced S. 3428, the Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act - legislation that requires federal agencies to expand teleworking after years of attacks by the Trump Administration. Expandin  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * - Senators Argue that Creating a Special Enrollment Period under the Affordable Care Act Would Expand Health Care Access and Help Combat the Growing Coronavirus Pandemic in the United States * * * Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) led 23 Senate Democrats in urging the Trump Administration to create a special enrollment period to allow uninsured Americans to purchase healt  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * - Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act provides federal employees more flexibility during novel coronavirus outbreak * * * U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) introduced S. 3428, the Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act - legislation that requires federal agencies to expand teleworking after years of attacks by the Trump Administration.   more