June 04, 2020
Yesterday, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), along with 19 of their colleagues, wrote to Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley to express their alarm at President Trump's threat to invoke the Insurrection Act as a response to protests acr… Continue Reading
June 04, 2020
Yesterday, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) used the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing to highlight the challenges to accessing capital that small businesses face during the coronavirus pandemic. The Senator focused on the important role of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and other community… Continue Reading
June 03, 2020
Senator Mazie K. Hirono issued the following statement after unanimous Senate passage of changes to the Paycheck Protection Program that will provide additional flexibility to Hawaii small businesses:
"Earlier today, I had a Zoom call with Hawaii small business owners who, in normal times, would have been in Washington, DC this week to participate… 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
