Press Releases

Lawmakers: “In this challenging environment for election officials, it is essential to our democracy that they can continue to rely on [DOJ] to uphold the law” WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and 28 colleagues in sending a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, urging her...

~ Senators’ Major Richard Star Act would provide combat-injured veterans with full earned disability compensation and retirement pay ~ WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, joined Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Rick Scott (R-FL), and...

Sen. Hirono: “Donald Trump is not making anyone safer by resorting to unlawful actions that only inflict further chaos on our immigration system, immigrant communities, and our country.” WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate lead of the Neighbors Not Enemies...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) released the following statement announcing her intention to vote no on the deeply partisan House Republican continuing resolution (CR) and the corresponding cloture vote: “By forcing a choice between a deeply partisan CR that removes critical guardrails and a shutdown that would enable...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) announced that her bipartisan resolution with Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Katie Britt (R-AL), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), recognizing the importance and contributions of National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) passed the Senate. “Our teachers are critical to the development and success of...

Lawmakers: “It is imperative that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) act immediately and robustly to stop the spread of this preventable infection and save American lives.” WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) and 11 colleagues in demanding that Health and Human Services (HHS)...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA), Tina Smith (D-MN), and 12 colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner, urging the agency to distribute $3.6 billion in congressionally appropriated funding to support vital local programs aimed...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK), both members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), introduced the Representing VA with Accuracy (REP VA) Act to require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide rural states, such as Alaska and Hawaii, with an in-state call center to provide...

Sen. Hirono: “Donald Trump’s cruel effort to gut the Department from the inside out will wreak havoc on schools and communities across the country, leaving students, educators, and families paying the price.” WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) released the following statement condemning President Trump’s firing of nearly...

~ Bicameral legislation would build nearly three million new homes, bring down rents by 10%, cut red tape ~ WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), U.S. Representative Emmanuel Cleaver (D-MS), and six Senate colleagues in reintroducing the comprehensive...

~ Bicameral resolution honors abortion providers and clinic staff by designating March 10, 2025 as “Abortion Provider Appreciation Day” ~ WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Gary Peters (D-MI) and U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) led 19 of their colleagues in reintroducing a bicameral resolution honoring...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Tina Smith (D-MN), in introducing legislation to restore congressional funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East...

Lawmakers: “Every day without access to counsel is another day in which vulnerable children face grave danger by human traffickers, abusers, or other bad actors, without an advocate at their side.” WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) led 30 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Health and Human Services...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Jerry Moran (R-KS), members of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, introduced the Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment, and Retirement Act. This legislation would make certain the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) assists the family caregivers of veterans as they transition...

Lawmakers: “As the Administrator of the EPA, you are tasked with making decisions grounded in science, law, and the best interests of the American people.” WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and 11 colleagues in raising the alarm over reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and 14 colleagues in introducing the Extreme Risk Protection Order Expansion Act, legislation to prevent people who are in crisis from accessing deadly weapons. The bill would establish grants to support the implementation of extreme risk protection (ERPO)...

Lawmakers: “The Administration’s destructive approach will not assist the disaster-impacted communities across the country hoping to rebuild and move forward. To the contrary, it will leave the nation more vulnerable to future disasters and less prepared to pick up the pieces when the dust settles.” WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono...

~ Mass firings, office closures could delay taxpayers’ refunds, allow major abuses to go undetected or unaddressed ~ WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and 15 colleagues in sending a letter to the Acting Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), urging her...

~ The Veteran Fraud Reimbursements Act would make it easier for veterans with disabilities to be made financially whole in the event they are defrauded of their benefits ~ WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), John Boozman (R-AR), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), members of the Senate Veterans Affairs...

WASHINGTON, DC – 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) introduced legislation to protect more than 10,000 plant and animal species native to the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Native Species Conservation and Recovery Act would fund conservation and recovery...