January 24, 2020
Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono announced she will support bipartisan, bicameral legislation to increase the number of residency slots available through Medicare to help address the growing physician shortage in Hawaii and across the country.
The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (S. 348) would gradually lift the outdated ca… Continue Reading
January 20, 2020
Today, on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Senator Mazie K. Hirono, a member of the Senate Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs Committees, issued the following statement after the naming of a new aircraft carrier after Petty Officer Doris Miller, whose bravery and patriotism during the attack on Pearl Harbor saved American lives. Petty Officer Mill… Continue Reading
January 16, 2020
Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) issued the following statement after voting in favor of the New NAFTA in the Senate:
"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. … 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
