WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) held a bicameral press conference calling out the Trump Administration’s attacks on Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). There are currently over 800 MSIs across the country that serve more than five million students. Senator Hirono was joined by Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA),...
Sen. Hirono: “I think the key word here is consensus because I think it would be not in the interest of the military’s presence in Hawaii if these negotiations are somehow short-circuited and that there is resort to condemnation—that would not go over very well, I would say, with the people of Hawaii.”
~ Video of Sen. Hirono’s question line is...
Full video of the press conference is available HERE | Photos are available HERE
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) held a bicameral press conference calling out the Trump Administration’s attacks on Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). There are currently over 800 MSIs across the country that serve more than five...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) released the following statement on the passing of former Hawaii Governor George Ariyoshi:
“I join people across Hawaii in mourning the loss of our longest-serving Governor, George Ariyoshi. The son of Japanese immigrants and the first Asian American governor in our nation's history,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) led 28 of their colleagues in introducing the Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act, legislation that would repeal the school voucher provisions tucked into the Republican-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which created the first-ever federal private school voucher...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution led by Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, designating April 2026 as “National Native Plant Month.” This resolution recognizes the critical role native plants play in supporting wildlife...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), and U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), along with Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), led 16 of their colleagues in introducing a Working Women’s Bill of Rights. The...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) led a bipartisan group of their colleagues in introducing a Senate resolution to welcome Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during her visit to the United States this week.
The resolution reaffirms the strong and enduring U.S.-Japan alliance, applauds Japan for...
~Watch Senator Hirono’s full floor speech HERE ~
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) took to the Senate floor to highlight Republicans’ attacks on our democracy. She voiced strong opposition to Republicans’ Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act which, unlike its name suggests, would make it significantly...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) in introducing new legislation creating a process to recover taxpayer dollars paid to presidents through settlements or judgments resulting from undue influence or coercion from the White House. The introduction...
Senator Hirono: “These exhibits, and others like them, reflect some of the darkest stains on our country’s history. That’s precisely why it’s so important we continue to talk about them. It is by preserving history that we prevent ourselves from repeating the more egregious parts of our past.”
~ Video of Senator Hirono’s floor speech can be found...
Full video of the press conference is available HERE | Photos are available HERE
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) held a press conference to mark one year of Donald Trump’s all-out attack on the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Senator Hirono was joined by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD),...
Senators: “Any gap in Title X funding could result in over two million patients losing access to contraception and preventative care, worsen maternal health outcomes, and increase sexually transmitted infections.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Angus King (I-ME) led 36 colleagues in sending a...
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Gary Peters (D-MI), and U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) led over 30 of their colleagues in reintroducing a bicameral resolution honoring abortion providers and staff by designating March 10, 2026 as “Abortion Provider Appreciation Day.”
The Abortion Provider Appreciation...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) released the following statement on the passing of her friend and former colleague, Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa:
“I am saddened to hear of the passing of my friend and former colleague Colleen Hanabusa. The first woman to lead either chamber of Hawaii’s state legislature, Colleen was...
~ Watch Senator Hirono’s Opening Remarks Here ~
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Ranking member of the Senate Armed Services (SASC) Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, questioned the vice chiefs of all five military services and the Director of Capabilities and Management from the U.S Government Accountability...
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after voting to advance Senator Tim Kaine’s (D-VA) War Powers Resolution, which would block President Trump from using further military force against Iran.
“Just days after Trump dragged our country...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, pressed U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on the Department’s excessive use of force and repeated lies to the American people during a full committee hearing.
“We’ve all seen pictures and videos of ICE...
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today. U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI,) a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump’s announcement of U.S. military strikes in Iran:
“The President’s unilateral decision to strike Iran for purposes of regime change is a clear violation of the...
~Watch Senator Hirono’s Remarks HERE~
WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI,) took to the Senate floor to celebrate Mahina Olelo Hawaii, Hawaiian Language Month. Ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary, Hirono celebrated Native language revitalization, highlighting the importance of Native communities in telling the story of our...