May 20, 2022
U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Representative Grace Meng (D-NY) called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to prioritize specific eligibility requirements for the newly created $5 million grant for Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice, that was established through the Fiscal Year 2022 spending bill. As community-based organizations… Continue Reading
May 20, 2022
U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Representative Grace Meng (D-NY) issued the following statements on the one-year anniversary of President Biden signing the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law. Following the rise of hate crimes and violence targeted at Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) communities, last March, Senator Hirono and Repre… Continue Reading
May 19, 2022
Today, U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) led nine of her Senate colleagues in introducing the Teaching Asian Pacific American History Act, bicameral legislation that would promote the teaching of Asian Pacific American (APA) history for high school students and teachers who enroll in the U.S. Department of Education's American History and Civics Aca… Continue Reading
December 15, 2017
Mazie Hirono said her piece, turned away from the camera and
I swear, icicles formed and broke in that D.C. hallway because she was so cold.
A good kind of cold. A strong cold. An unflinching, target-nailing cold. You
could almost hear the frost crunching under her shoes as she walked away.Hirono was responding to Donald Trump’s Twitter attack o… Continue Reading
December 12, 2017
Democratic senators are coming to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's defense Tuesday after President Donald Trump called her a "lightweight" on Twitter and blasted the New York Democrat as a "flunky" and "used."Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a fierce critic of the President, tweeted a reply to Trump, asking if he's trying to "slut-shame" Gillibrand."Are you really … Continue Reading
December 12, 2017
Hawaii's
Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono is now calling for President Trump to
resign amid sexual allegations.He's
a misogynist and admitted sexual predator, and a liar.The only thing that
will stop him from attacking us—because nobody is
safe—is his resignation, Sen. Hirono said.Senator
Hirono later tweeted a similar message, calling him a bully.The
tweet was in response to another controversial tweet from the president Tuesday
morning.Trump's
tweet read, Lightweight Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a total flunky for
Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office “begging” for campaign
contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them), is now in the
ring fighting against Trump. Very disloyal to Bill & Crooked-USED!Senator
Kirsten Gillbrand has also called for the president to resign, along with
four other Senators.
@realDonaldTrumpis a misogynist,
compulsive liar, and admitted sexual predator. Attacks on Kir… Continue Reading