Press Releases

~ Sen. Hirono’s provisions invest in DOD’s critical infrastructure needs in Hawaii, the U.S., and the Pacific region ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, secured several key priorities for Hawaii...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and 10 colleagues in introducing new legislation to require immigration enforcement officers to display clearly visible identification during public-facing enforcement actions. The Visible Identification Standards for Immigration-Based...

~ Lawmakers also demand monthly briefings from DHS and clarifications regarding agency policies and procedures for immigration enforcement ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) led U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda (D-HI) in sending a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem condemning...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) released the following statement regarding Senate passage of the Republican tax bill: “Republicans’ bill is a big ugly betrayal of the American people. It will rip access to health care, food, education, energy savings, and more from millions of Americans, all to pay for giveaways for...

Sen. Hirono: “Republicans are deceitfully trying to sell this plan as an expansion of school choice for families.” ~ Video of Senator Hirono’s speech is available here ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) took to the Senate floor to condemn a provision in the Republican tax bill to spend billions of dollars in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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...

~ Video of the full forum can be found here and photos can be found here ~ ~ Video of Senator Hirono’s opening remarks can be found here ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) held a spotlight forum titled, “Scamming Our Schools: Robbing Our Students’ Futures to Line Their Pockets,” focused on the harmful consequences of...

~ The Trump Administration’s rescission of EMTALA guidance that reaffirmed nationwide access to emergency abortion care puts patients’ lives in jeopardy and sows chaos for hospitals and providers across the country ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, on the three-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement regarding the U.S. military strikes on Iran: “Donald Trump’s decision to strike Iran is a major escalation that risks drawing the U.S. and our allies into a protracted war, risking the lives of American...

~ Under questioning from Hirono, Hegseth refused to commit to complying with court orders and left the door open to using military force against protestors in the U.S. ~ ~ Video of Senator Hirono’s question line is available here ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and John Barrasso (R-WY) designating May as “National Wildfire Preparedness Month” to encourage increased awareness and preparedness as wildfires across the country increase in scale, complexity, and severity. The...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) and the rest of the Senate Democratic Caucus in demanding that President Trump immediately withdraw all military forces from Los Angeles and cease all threats to deploy the National Guard or active-duty servicemembers to American cities. The letter comes after...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Representative Sara Jacobs (D-CA) reintroduced the landmark My Body, My Data Act, legislation to create a new national standard to protect reproductive and sexual health data. “As apps and devices that collect reproductive and sexual health information—like period and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), and 39 colleagues in urging U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to resume processing applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, following a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that limited a nationwide...

~ 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...

Lawmakers: “At a time when families already face a housing affordability crisis, these deals…may reduce choice and raise prices for American families in the housing market.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Tina Smith (D-MN) in sending a...

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...