Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), and U.S. Representatives Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) led 117 of their Democratic colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. expressing strong opposition to the department’s...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and 43 colleagues in sending an open letter to the American public warning that Congressional Republicans are trying to take food away from hungry families in order to give tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans. After promising to...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) led 13 of their colleagues in a letter to President Trump condemning his unlawful invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The letter follows the Supreme Court’s recent decision to only allow...

~ Photos and video of press conference are available here ~ WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and U.S. Representative Donald Norcross (D-NJ) reintroduced the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, bicameral legislation to guarantee the right of public sector employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Gary Peters (D-MI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and 10 colleagues in sending a letter to White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought and Office of Personnel Management Acting Director...

~ Leaked Agricultural Research Service memo contains a sweeping list of banned words, including “climate,” “affordable housing,” and “safe drinking water” ~ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), and U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), and 22...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) introduced a resolution commemorating “National Library Week” and honoring library workers throughout the country.   “From accessing books to providing safe spaces for people to work and learn, the resources that libraries provide are...

Senators: “These are grave mistakes that will support sanctions evasion, drug trafficking, scams, and child sexual exploitation.” WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, and Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Dave McCormick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Katie Britt (R-AL), and 3 colleagues in introducing the Housing and Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act (HUDVA), legislation that would ensure veterans experiencing homelessness and receiving disability payments...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Dave McCormick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Katie Britt (R-AL), and 3 colleagues in introducing the Housing and Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act (HUDVA), legislation that would ensure veterans experiencing homelessness and receiving disability payments...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) led Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in introducing the Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act, legislation that addresses the mental health crisis facing our youth through funding to support research, improves the pipeline...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Michael Bennet (D-CO), as well as 42 Senate colleagues, in introducing the Tax Cut for Workers Act, legislation to deliver a tax break to millions of working Americans. “As Trump and Republicans sow chaos throughout the country in order to pay for...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) led a group of 29 senators urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to immediately reinstate Title X family planning funding in 23 states, including Hawaii, after the agency began withholding grants that...

~ Following Secretary Collins’ abrupt cancellation of program helping tens of thousands of veterans stay in their homes, Democratic lawmakers call on Collins to reverse his decision, avoid foreclosing on veterans ~ WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Mazie K. Hirono, a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, joined Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)...

~ The GOSAFE Act and BUMP Act would protect communities from gun violence, while safeguarding Americans’ constitutional right to own a firearm for legitimate self-defense, hunting, and sporting purposes ~ WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and other Senate colleagues in introducing the Gas-Operated...

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) and 6 colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., sounding the alarm on troubling reports that HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined 24 of her Senate colleagues in urging U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Tedd Lyons to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a father who was living legally, under protected status, in Maryland with his family until...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Representative Mark Takano (D-CA) and 20 Senate colleagues in demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins immediately exempt VA employees from President Trump’s recent...

~ As Trump Trade War bludgeons U.S. economy, the Administration’s action undermines decades of investment in manufacturing resilience ~ WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined 14 of her colleagues in a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick demanding answers regarding the Trump Administration’s decision to cancel...

~ Photos of Sen. Hirono’s meeting are available here ~ WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) met with leaders from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) to discuss how the Trump Administration’s attacks on K-12 public education have impacted students, educators, and families who...