Press Releases

~ 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 – Bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Ted Cruz (R-TX) to make it easier for parents to safely embark on air travel with breast milk and breastfeeding supplies successfully passed through the Senate. The Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening...

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...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) reintroduced the Reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment (RTCP) Revitalization Act, legislation to secure additional funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) RTCP Program. The RTCP program enables geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and 41 colleagues in sending an open letter to the public exposing the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans’ plan to gut Meals on Wheels, Head Start, and other...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and 10 colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, sounding the alarm on the devastating impacts of President Trump’s anti-voter “election integrity” executive order and the SAVE Act on...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and 35 of colleagues in reintroducing the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act, legislation that would ban so-called “conversion therapy,” a practice fraudulently claiming to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chris Coons (D-DE), and 24 colleagues in introducing a resolution condemning a luxury airplane gift, valued at $400 million, President Donald Trump announced he will receive from the government of Qatar. According to reports, Trump intends to designate the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Attorney General Pam Bondi, pressing them for answers regarding the Trump Administration’s oversight of...

WASHINGTON, DC – 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...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jack Reed (D-RI), Mark Warner (D-VA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and 19 colleagues in sending a letter to President Trump in advance of the president’s upcoming travel to the Middle East next week, urging him to take an active role in pressing...

~ Legislation would raise awareness of the importance of mental health and help increase access to culturally-competent mental health care in AANHPI communities ~ WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and U.S. Representative Judy Chu (D-CA) reintroduced a package of bills focused on mental health awareness for Asian American,...

~ Video of Sen. Hirono’s floor speech is available here ~ WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) took to the Senate floor to express her gratitude to educators in Hawaii and across the country in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week (May 5-May 9, 2025) and condemn Donald Trump’s attacks on the U.S. Department of Education (ED)...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, 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 a bicameral, bipartisan resolution to mark May 2025 as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month. The resolution recognizes the...

Lawmakers: “Without the dedicated oversight of the CPSC, American families, especially children, will be left vulnerable in their own homes.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Kevin Mullin (D-CA) and more than 40 colleagues in sending a...