Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Bipartisan legislation led 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 Senate. The Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) reintroduced the Reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment (RTCP) Revitalization Act, legislation to secure additional funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) RTCP Program. The RTCP program enables geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and 41 colleagues in sending an open letter to the public exposing the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans’ plan to gut Meals on Wheels, Head Start, and other...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and 35 of colleagues in reintroducing the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act, legislation that would ban so-called “conversion therapy,” a practice fraudulently claiming to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and 10 colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, sounding the alarm on the devastating impacts of President Trump’s anti-voter “election integrity” executive order and the SAVE Act on...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chris Coons (D-DE), and 24 colleagues in introducing a resolution condemning a luxury airplane gift, valued at $400 million, President Donald Trump announced he will receive from the government of Qatar. According to reports, Trump intends to designate the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Attorney General Pam Bondi, pressing them for answers regarding the Trump Administration’s oversight of...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) and U.S. Representatives Ed Case (D-HI) and Jill Tokuda (D-HI) released the following statement on the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources’ (BLNR) vote on the U.S. Army’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) regarding the Army Training Land Retention...

~ Legislation would raise awareness of the importance of mental health and help increase access to culturally-competent mental health care in AANHPI communities ~ WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and U.S. Representative Judy Chu (D-CA) reintroduced a package of bills focused on mental health awareness for Asian American,...

~ Video of Sen. Hirono’s floor speech is available here ~ WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) took to the Senate floor to express her gratitude to educators in Hawaii and across the country in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week (May 5-May 9, 2025) and condemn Donald Trump’s attacks on the U.S. Department of Education (ED)...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and U.S. Representative Grace Meng (D-NY), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), introduced a bicameral, bipartisan resolution to mark May 2025 as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month. The resolution recognizes the...

Lawmakers: “Without the dedicated oversight of the CPSC, American families, especially children, will be left vulnerable in their own homes.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Kevin Mullin (D-CA) and more than 40 colleagues in sending a...

~ Legislation would provide fair Medicare reimbursements, help retain and recruit health care providers ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Brian Schatz (D-HI), and U.S. Representatives Ed Case (D-HI) and Jill Tokuda (D-HI) reintroduced bicameral legislation that would help strengthen and protect health care for seniors in...

Lawmakers: “To take the position that January 6 insurrectionists should now receive refunds is unacceptable.” WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and 5 colleagues in sending a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, strongly objecting to the U.S....

~ Legislation would protect small businesses throughout the country and provide relief from increasing prices ~ WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Ed Markey (D-MA) have introduced the Small Business Liberation...

~ Legislation follows reports of President Trump’s crypto-related conflicts of interest ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and 16 colleagues in introducing the End Crypto Corruption Act, legislation that would crack down on...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Steve Daines (R-MT), and 21 colleagues to mark May 5, 2025 as National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls passed the U.S. Senate last night. The resolution raises awareness, honors Indigenous people...

~ 42 lawmakers write to RFK Jr. demanding answers on Trump admin’s actions undermining Head Start as Trump reportedly plans to eliminate the program ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and 39 colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary Robert F....

~ Legislation would authorize funding for programs to increase the recruitment and retention of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields ~ WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and U.S. Representatives Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) and Shontel Brown (D-OH) led 18 of their colleagues in reintroducing the bicameral Women...

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), U.S. Representative Mark Takano (D-CA), and 260 colleagues in reintroducing the bicameral Equality Act, in an effort to push back against escalated attacks from the Trump Administration, MAGA Republicans, and state...