August 2018
08/22/18	Congress Passes Hirono-Moran-Tester Bill to Provide Service Disabled Veteran Employees at VA Additional Paid Leave
08/22/18	Hirono Cancels Meeting with Brett Kavanaugh, Calls for Delay of Hearing
08/22/18	Hirono to Oppose Kavanaugh Nomination
08/20/18	Hirono, Veterans’ Affairs Committee Democrats Call for Oversight Hearing on Inappropriate Influence of So-Called “Mar-a-Lago Crowd” on VA
08/13/18	Hirono Statement on the Death of Staff Sergeant Reymund Transfiguracion
08/10/18	Hirono Continues Advocacy for Use of Native Plants in Visit to Lyon Arboretum
08/10/18	Hirono Statement on Announcement of Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing Dates
08/06/18	Strong Federal Funding for Hawaii Programs to Continue Under Update of Federal Career & Technical Education Programs
08/03/18	Hirono Introduces Legislation to Protect Medicare and Medicaid from Partisan Attacks
08/02/18	Hirono Bill to Strengthen Economic Ties Between United States and New Zealand Signed Into Law
08/01/18	Hirono Calls for Passage of Bill to Assist Vietnam Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange
08/01/18	Hirono Secures Restoration of Full Per Diem Rates for Service Members & Department of Defense Civilians on Long-Term Assignments
08/01/18	Hirono Secures Important Hawaii Priorities in National Defense Authorization Act
08/01/18	Congress Passes Hirono Measure to Close Domestic Violence Gun Loophole
08/01/18	Senate Unanimously Confirms Jill Otake to Serve on U.S. District Court
July 2018
07/30/18	Hirono, Murkowski Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Urging Approval of Law of the Sea Treaty
07/27/18	Hirono Denounces Grassley Decision to Send Partisan Request for Kavanaugh Records
07/26/18	Marking Anniversary of ACA Repeal Defeat, Hirono Calls Attention to Continued Attacks on Health Care System
07/26/18	Hirono Stands Up to Trump’s Attacks on Federal Workforce
07/23/18	Congress Passes Hirono Bill to Strengthen Economic Ties Between United States and New Zealand