Press Releases

HONOLULU, HI – Today, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, joined Sherry Menor-McNamara, President and CEO of Chamber of Commerce (CoC) Hawaii, in visiting three Hawaii businesses that are participating in the Hawaii on the Hill (HOH) in Washington D.C. this summer. The visits...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined all of the Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats, in sending a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts calling on the Chief Justice to investigate a ProPublica report that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted and failed to disclose 20...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter calling on the Chief Justice of the United States to launch an ethics investigation into Justice Clarence Thomas’s extensive billionaire-funded luxury travel and other outstanding allegations of misconduct.  The...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement in response to a Trump-appointed, right-wing U.S. District Court Judge’s decision that would effectively ban the drug most commonly prescribed for medication abortion nationwide. The lawsuit, which...

HONOLULU, HI – Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) met with veterans and small business owners on Kauai. First, Senator Hirono, a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, met with local veterans to discuss several bills recently signed into law—such as the PACT Act and the MAMMO for Veterans Act—to expand access to...

HONOLULU, HI – Today, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Chair of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, released the following statement after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced its decision to not tax emergency reimbursements made to residents impacted by...

HONOLULU, HI – Today, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) visited the Waipahu Public Library, where she met with officials from the Hawaii State Public Library System and visited the Filipino WWII Veterans Monument. During her visit, Senator Hirono met with Stacie Kaneshige, Hawaii State Public Library System Branch Director, and Christine...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, introduced legislation to increase the representation and financial resources available to Native American small-business owners. The SBA Office of Native American Affairs (ONAA) Enhancement and Modernization Act...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to President Biden raising concerns over reports that his Administration is considering a return to the ineffective and inhumane practice of detaining migrant families, after previously putting an end to family detention in December...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) reintroduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Act, a bicameral bill that would help guarantee abortion coverage—without restrictions—for millions of Americans. With the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and many states enacting...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, delivered remarks on the Senate floor speaking out against Senator Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) ongoing hold on numerous military officer promotions,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) met with Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su, President Biden’s nominee to serve as the country’s next Secretary of Labor. After their meeting, Senator Hirono released the following statement: “Throughout her career, Julie Su has been a champion for working people...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, questioned Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on U.S. national security priorities during a full committee hearing. During her question line, Senator Hirono pressed Secretary Austin on the need for military infrastructure investments in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led a letter with Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, underscoring the serious national security imperatives tied to providing U.S. servicemembers access to protected leave for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced a bipartisan resolution designating April 2023 as “National Native Plant Month” and recognizing the importance of native plants to environmental conservation and restoration, as well as in supporting a diversity of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) introduced a bipartisan resolution designating March 24, 2023 as “National Women of Color in Tech Day.” The proposed day of national recognition highlights the numerous important contributions women of color have made to the technology sector in the United States as well as...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, questioned General Glen VanHerck, Commander of the U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) and North American Aerospace Defense Command, on the need for a robust, unified plan for missile defense of Hawaii during a full committee...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin urging the Department of Defense (DOD) to clarify the Department’s parental leave policy and establish a consistent...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined eleven of her Senate colleagues in a letter to the Vice Chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve (Fed) Michael Barr, calling on him to exercise the Fed’s authority to apply stronger regulation and supervision to banks with assets totaling $100 to $250 billion. The letter was...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, convened a Subcommittee hearing to examine the relationship between the Department of Defense (DOD) and small businesses, and what more DOD can do to increase the number of small businesses they...