Press Releases

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...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and 7 colleagues, all Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in sending a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), calling on him to convene a hearing on the Trump Administration’s violations of the right to...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and 9 colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink, demanding they be transparent about the substantial national security and operational risks posed by President Donald...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) and 28 colleagues in introducing a resolution calling on the Trump Administration to use all diplomatic tools at its disposal to bring an end to the blockade of food and lifesaving humanitarian aid to address the needs of civilians in Gaza. In their resolution,...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and 13 colleagues in sending a letter to Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank Bisignano, condemning and urging reversal of the Social Security Administration’s recent decision to list certain immigrants as “dead” in the...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and 30 other colleagues in introducing the Comprehensive Operations for Unmanned-System Neutralization and Threat Elimination Response (COUNTER) Act, legislation that will help enhance airspace security at military installations to...