WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan Hirono-Duckworth-Daines-Cruz Bill to Better Protect Parents Traveling with Breast Milk Passes Committee WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Ted Cruz (R-TX) to make it easier for parents to safely embark on air travel with breast milk and breastfeeding supplies successfully passed through the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Commerce Committee Advances Schatz-Cruz Bipartisan Legislation To Keep Kids Safe, Healthy, Off Social Media Bill Now Moves To Full Senate For Consideration WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee approved the Kids Off Social Media Act. Authored by U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), a senior member of the Senate Commerce Committee, Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, Chris Murp more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto Cosponsors Bill to Reunite Filipino Veterans with their Children Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) in reintroducing the bipartisan Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act, a bill that would speed up the visa process for the children of Filipino veterans who served in the United States military during World War II. "The Filipino veterans who fought for our  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley, Whitehouse Reintroduce Bill to Support Law Enforcement, Prevent Officer Suicides U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) today reintroduced the Supporting and Treating Officers in Crisis (STOIC) Act to expand support resources for law enforcement officers. The bill is also cosponsored by U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Christopher Coons (D-Del.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Demand Wright Follow the Law, Protect Office of Energy Justice and Equity WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Ron Wyden (D-OR), members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright urging him to stand by his sworn testimony, follow the law, and protect the Office of Energy Justice and Equity w more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Press HHS Officials for Answers and Action on Disruption to Head Start Programs Lawmakers: "This will impact children, families, and communities across the country, particularly the rural communities where these programs represent a large share of the child care options." WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Time Kaine (D-VA) and 27 of her Senate colleagues in a letter to Acting Secretary o more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Press Trump Administration For Answers Following Chaos at Critical National Security Agencies Lawmakers: "Attempting to arbitrarily turn off core functions of a critical U.S. national security agency, without Congressional consideration or any metric-based review and absent legal authority to do so, is unprecedented and deeply disturbing." WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Time Kaine (D- more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Reintroduce Resolution Declaring Racism a Public Health Crisis WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) reintroduced a Senate Resolution to declare racism a public health crisis in the United States. This resolution aims to highlight the detrimental effects communities of color face when seeking healthcare treatment. Additionally, this resolution encourages concrete more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Murkowski, Case, Kiggans Reintroduce Bicameral, Bipartisan Bill to Reunite Filipino World War II Veterans with Their Children ~ Despite their heroic service, Congress passed the Rescission Acts of 1946 which made Filipino veterans ineligible for benefits granted to other World War II veterans ~ WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Representatives Ed Case (D-HI) and Jennifer Kiggans (R- more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla Introduces Resolution to Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced a Senate Resolution to declare racism a public health crisis. The resolution calls on Congress to establish a nationwide strategy to address health disparities and inequities across all sectors in society. "Racism and its compounding impacts have harm more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on Feb. 4, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, today I again introduce three bills to end over a century of federally-imposed monopolistic closed market domestic cargo shipping to and from my isolated home state of Hawaii and the other island and separated jurisdictions of our country not part of the contiguous 48 United States. In doing so, we seek to break the stranglehold on the peoples and economies of our exp more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on Feb. 4, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce two critically important pieces of legislation aimed at protecting our oceans and marine ecosystems from the potentially catastrophic consequences of deep-sea mining: the American Seabed Protection Act and the International Seabed Protection Act. These bills will place a moratorium on seabed mining until its full environmental, social and ec more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz Announces Blanket Holds on Trump's State Department Nominees Until Attack on USAID Is Reversed WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, today announced that he will place a blanket hold on all of President Donald Trump's nominees to the State Department until its illegal attempt to shutter the United States Agency for Internat more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz Meets With Hawai'i Health Care Providers, Discusses Protecting Federal Funding, Access to Care WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) today met with leaders from the Wai'anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC) and other members of the Hawai'i Primary Care Association (HPCA) to discuss federal funding that supports the delivery of essential care to people across Hawai'i, particularly as current community health center funding  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz Statement On Trump's Comments On Gaza WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after President Donald Trump said the United States will "take over the Gaza Strip." "A two-state solution, which Democratic and Republican administrations have supported for decades, must continue to be U.S. policy. Palestinians, including those in Gaza, deserve a more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz, Senate Democrats Hold Senate Floor All Night To Oppose Confirmation of Right-Wing Author of Project 2025 To Lead Budget, Management Office WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) joined members of the Senate Democratic caucus in holding the Senate floor for 30 consecutive hours in order to delay the confirmation of Russell Vought, the right-wing author of Project 2025, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). A more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), joined by U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), recently introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that hospitals caring for large numbers of Medicaid and uninsured patients in Wyoming and other rural states receive their fair share of federal funding. The Fair Funding for Rural Hospitals Act would establish a nationwide federal funding minimum for disproportionate shar more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Commerce Committee Advances Schatz Bipartisan Legislation Targeting Illegal Fishing To Help Expose Foreign, Intentionally Mislabeled Ahi # Legislation Now Moves To Full Senate For Consideration WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee approved the Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act. The bipartisan bill, authored by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), directs the National Institute of Sta more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Coons leads Democratic colleagues in resolution reaffirming USAID's role in safeguarding U.S. national security WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced a resolution reaffirming that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is essential for advancing the national security interests of the United States in the wake of President Trump's efforts to halt U.S. foreign assistance operations and dismantle USAID. T more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, along with U.S. Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright urging him to stand by his sworn testimony, follow the law, and protect the Office of Energy Justice and Equ more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Markey, Hirono, Duckworth, Rep. Fletcher Reintroduce Right to Contraception Act Bill Text (PDF) | Watch: Senator Markey's Remarks Washington (February 5, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee's Subcommittee on Primary Health & Retirement Security, along with Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), today reintroduced the Right to C more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Hirono Votes Against Bondi Nomination, Condemns Politicization of DOJ ~ Video of Sen. Hirono's floor speech is available here ~ WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, voted against Pam Bondi's nomination to serve as the next Attorney General of the United States. Prior to the vote, Senator Hirono took to the Senate floor to raise her concerns with Ms. Bondi's confirma more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Hirono, Markey, Duckworth, Fletcher Reintroduce Right to Contraception Act ~ Video of Sen. Hirono's remarks at the presser can be found here ~ WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) reintroduced the Right to Contraception Act, legislation that would create a statutory right to obtain and use contraceptives and ensure health care providers have a right to provide contracept more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: On Senate Floor, Hirono Warns Against Confirming Vought--Project 2025 Architect and Trump Nominee to Lead OMB ~ Video of Sen. Hirono's floor speech is available here ~ WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) took to the Senate floor to warn against the confirmation of Russell Vought, President Trump's nominee to become the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Senator Hirono joined several of her Senate Democr more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Cosponsors Bipartisan Fair Funding for Rural Hospitals Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) this week in introducing the Fair Funding for Rural Hospitals Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure that hospitals caring for large numbers of Medicaid and uninsured patients in Vermont and other rural states receive their fair share of federal fu more PR