Press Releases

HONOLULU, HI – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will award $1.3 million to the State of Hawaii to support people who were already experiencing homelessness—those living in an emergency shelter, transitional housing, or a place not meant for human habitation—or at...

HONOLULU, HI – As devastating wildfires on Maui and Hawaii Island continue to burn, 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) urged President Biden to act swiftly to make all federal resources available and approve any request for a presidential disaster...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) led seven of their Senate colleagues in urging Perrigo, the manufacturer of Opill, to follow through on its commitment to make the contraceptive “affordable and accessible” by releasing a low and affordable retail...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, voted to pass the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the U.S. Senate, securing several key priorities for Hawaii and the U.S. military. As...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and Senate Judiciary Committee, joined her colleagues in urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to launch an investigation into Shell, ExxonMobil, and potentially other fossil fuel companies to determine whether their...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) delivered remarks on the Senate floor in support of Julie Su, Acting Secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor. In her remarks, Senator Hirono expressed her strong support for Su’s nomination and emphasized the Acting Secretary’s track record of bringing labor and...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), 28 colleagues in the Senate, and nearly 150 colleagues in the House of Representatives in introducing legislation that would raise the federal minimum wage to $17 by 2028. Estimated to benefit nearly 28 million workers, or 19 percent of the working...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led seven of her Democratic colleagues on the Committee in calling on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to help end Senator Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) reckless hold on more than 260 military promotions. “Since...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during a full Senate Judiciary Committee meeting, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) voted to advance the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act out of committee. The bill, which Senator Hirono is an original cosponsor, would require the Supreme Court to adopt an enforceable code of ethics....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined the Hawaii delegation in introducing the Red Hill Impact Act, bipartisan legislation to collect data, study, and help better understand the long-term health impacts of those exposed to water contamination from the Red Hill fuel leak. “The Red Hill fuel leaks impacted and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and nine of their colleagues in introducing the Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act to help women–including those in anti-abortion states–access reproductive health care. Modeled after similar programs that help to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and John Fetterman (D-PA) in writing to the Department of Justice (DOJ), urging the Department to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) led four of her Senate colleagues in sending a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), urging the FTC to examine claims from the Center for Intimacy Justice (CIJ) that Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) rejects health advertisements aimed at women and people of underrepresented...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during a full committee hearing, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, questioned General Randy A. George, who has been nominated to serve as the next Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. During her question...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA), and more than 80 of their colleagues, in introducing the IDEA Full Funding Act. This legislation would finally ensure Congress fulfills its commitment to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during a full committee hearing, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, questioned General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., who has been nominated to serve as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. During...

HONOLULU, HI – Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, joined U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Martha Guzman in events to highlight the partnership between state, local, and federal entities in support of Hawaii’s farmers and renewable energy...

HONOLULU, HI – Today, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Marcia Fudge in roundtable discussions with community leaders and public officials to talk about the impact that affordable housing and other HUD programs have had on the Native Hawaiian community and Hawaii’s homeless...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision striking down race-based affirmative action policies at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University: “Affirmative action policies have helped colleges and universities across our country cultivate more...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As states across the country continue to attack women’s freedoms, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined 35 of her Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act. This legislation, led by Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV),...