Press Releases

~ Flagship Taste of Hawaii on Capitol Hill event attracted 1,500 attendees, including Members of Congress, Congressional leaders, and staff ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, welcomed more than 200 individuals from Hawaii, representing over 90...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and 21 colleagues in urging Defense Secretary Hegseth to reverse course and not implement the Trump Administration’s un-American transgender military service ban that will unfairly attack honorable servicemembers for who they are, compromise good order and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL), and 8 colleagues in introducing the bicameral “Wear Orange” Resolution, which designates June 6, 2025, as National Gun Violence Awareness Day and the entire month of June as...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and 6 Democratic colleagues on the Senate Energy and Natural resources Committee in sending a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Acting Inspector General Caryl Brzymialkiewicz, urging her to evaluate the extent to which the Trump Administration’s...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution introduced by U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) to mark May as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month. The resolution recognizes the significant contributions that Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities have made to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), and nearly 100 colleagues in sending a letter to leadership on the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development & Related Agencies, urging them to include robust...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and 28 colleagues in sending a letter to Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Chairwoman Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Ranking Member Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), urging them to work across party lines and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Brian Schatz (D-HI), and U.S. Representatives Jill Tokuda (D-HI) and Ed Case (D-HI) pressed the U.S. Navy to publicly justify its ongoing training on Kaula and the proposal to more than double the number of inert bombing and gunfire training exercises conducted on Kaula in Kauai County....

~ Resolution designates May as “National Wildfire Preparedness Month” to encourage increased awareness and preparedness as wildfires across the country increase in scale, complexity, and severity ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and John Barrasso (R-WY), and U.S. Representatives Norma Torres (D-CA), David Valadao...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) in sending a letter to Inspector General Michael Horowitz, asking him to investigate Emil Bove III’s potential abuse of prosecutorial authority within the Civil Rights Division. Public...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), and 44 colleagues in reintroducing the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act,  bipartisan legislation to improve access to care for seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The legislation focuses on streamlining the...

~ Bill would create parity for Native Hawaiian veterans by eliminating copays for VA health services and codifying the reimbursement relationship between VA and Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, and Brian Schatz (D-HI) and U.S....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act (REAHYA), legislation to authorize federal grants for comprehensive sex education programs and youth sexual health services, and end funding for harmful Title V abstinence-only programs. U.S. Representatives...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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 the Teaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander History Act, bicameral legislation to promote the teaching of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) led 11 of her Senate colleagues, including every Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in introducing a resolution reaffirming the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) as fundamental values in the United States. “Diversity, equity,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) and 6 colleagues, all members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in demanding an independent investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Inspector General into the Attorney General and the Department of Justice’s involvement in President Trump’s...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and 21 colleagues in sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin and Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright, demanding they immediately reverse course on its plan to illegally and unilaterally...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) and U.S. Representatives Kim Schrier (D-WA) and Tracey Mann (R-KS) introduced the AuGmenting Research and Educational Sites to Ensure Agriculture Remains Cutting-edge and Helpful (AG RESEARCH) Act. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would provide billions in...

~ SCERT Act would require the Supreme Court to adopt a binding and enforceable code of ethical conduct ~ WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA), and 26 colleagues in the Senate in reintroducing the bicameral Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and...

Lawmakers: “…[C]ancelling hundreds of contracts in a several-day period and then scrambling to restore dozens just a few days later is not an indication of good program management. It’s an indication of waste and incompetence.” WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, joined Ranking...