WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) today led a group of 17 colleagues in reintroducing the End the Threat of Default Act, legislation that would permanently remove the threat of a default by repealing the national debt ceiling, an arbitrary limit restricting the amount that the United States Treasury can borrow to pay its debts. In June 2023, the president signed legislation that suspended the statutory debt ce more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: Today, the full House of Representatives passed, by a vote of 399-18, the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), which includes U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda's (HI-02) priorities benefiting Hawaii.The bill is expected to be passed by the Senate and later sent to the President's desk to be signed into law. Top priorities for Hawai'i secured by Rep. Tokuda include:  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senators: "We urge you to act decisively between now and the inauguration of the President-elect to complete the important work of the past four years and protect immigrant families." Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined six of her colleagues in calling on President Joe Biden to protect immigrant families before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced the Public Archives Resiliency Act, legislation that would authorize grants to promote preservation, climate resilience, adaption, and continuity of vital government records and protect other records of historical or cultural significance. The bill would provide funding for public archives, libraries, museums, institutions of higher education, more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), released the following statement condemning the Maduro regime's ongoing cam more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * Helene Aftermath Shows Importance of Preservation of Official Documents * * * Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), a member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Labor, Education, and Pensions Committee and Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) today  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * The bill also approves a multi-million-dollar treatment plant for the Red Hill water shaft * * * U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced that the full U.S. House has approved the final version of the $883.7 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA is the major annual measure authorizing and directing our national defense. The FY 2025 NDAA now goes to the U.S. S more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) includes seven of his project requests with a focus on expanding and improving Honolulu Harbor * * * U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai'i - District 1) announced that the U.S. House has approved a major bill to construct projects, research activities and conduct studies to improve our nation's rivers, harbors, oceans and water infrastructure. Case's requests were more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: * * * Extends Critical Tax Relief to Providers, Medical Residents and Faculty * * * Last week, U.S. Representatives Jill Tokuda (D-HI-02) and Carol Miller (R-WV-01) introduced the Strengthening Pathways to Health Professions Act to increase access to federal programs that help grow and strengthen the pipeline of healthcare professionals in primary care, mental and behavioral health, and dent more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and U.S. Representative Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee renewed efforts to urge President Joe Biden to pardon Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of murder in 1977 following a controversial investigation and trial, which many civil rights leaders and legal  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) led a bipartisan and bicameral group of 100 lawmakers in calling for the extension of expanded Medicare coverage of telehealth services to be included in a year-end appropriations package. Provisions from the Schatz-Wicker legislation, the CONNECT for Health Act, were included in previous COVID-19 relief legislation to allow Medicare beneficiaries in more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz Has Repeatedly Led Calls in Congress to Grant Peltier Clemency Citing Unjust Circumstances of Trial; Peltier's Old Age, Health * * * U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today again called on President Biden to pardon Native American activist Leonard Peltier who was convicted of murder in 1977 fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) issued the following statement condemn more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Bill Text (PDF) | Section by section (PDF) Washington (December 12, 2024) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Labor, Education, and Pensions Committee and Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Congresswoman Alma Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) today introduced the Public Archives Resiliency Act, which would authorize grants to promote pres more PR