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  1. March 20, 2020

    SBA Approves Disaster Assistance for Hawaii Small Businesses
    WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii a member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship announced today that the Small Business Administration SBA has approved an economic disaster declaration for the state of Hawai...

  2. March 18, 2020

    Hirono Supports Bipartisan Coronavirus Relief Legislation, Urges More Action to Help Workers, Families, and Most Vulnerable
    Today Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii issued the following statement after voting in favor of the Families First Coronavirus Act that passed the U S Senate 90 8 While this legislation provides free coronavirus testing expands paid leave e...

  3. March 18, 2020

    Hirono, 16 Senate Colleagues: Trump Administration Must Answer for Delays, Shortage in COVID-19 Testing Kits
    WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii and 16 of her Senate colleagues wrote to Vice President Pence and Assistant Secretary of Health Brett Giroir the Trump Administration s new COVID 19 head of diagnostic efforts demanding an explanation...

  4. March 17, 2020

    Hirono, Democratic Colleagues Advocate for Maximum Telework Capabilities for Federal Employees
    WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii and 26 of her colleagues called on President Trump to issue an executive order to direct all federal agencies to maximize telework capabilities This call comes as the Centers for Disease Contr...

  5. March 16, 2020

    Hirono Joins Call for IRS to Extend Individual Taxpayer Filing Deadline
    WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii joined 19 of her Senate colleagues to urge the Internal Revenue Service IRS to extend the April 15 2020 filing deadline for federal individual income taxes so that taxpayers will have additional flex...

  6. March 13, 2020

    Hirono, Reed, Senate Democrats Urge Trump Administration to Re-Open the ACA Enrollment Window
    WASHINGTON DC Senators Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii and Jack Reed D R I led 23 Senate Democrats in urging the Trump Administration to create a special enrollment period to allow uninsured Americans to purchase health insurance on the Affordable Care Act m...

  7. March 12, 2020

    Hirono, Peters, Schatz, Young, Romney, Kilmer, Rutherford, Herrera Beutler Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Provide Unemployment Assistance to People Unable to Work Due to Coronavirus Outbreak
    WASHINGTON DC Today U S Senators Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii Gary Peters D Mich Brian Schatz D Hawaii Todd Young R Ind and Mitt Romney R Utah and U S Representatives Derek Kilmer D Wash John Rutherford R Fla and Jaime Herrera Beutler R Was...

  8. March 11, 2020

    Hirono, Cardin, Van Hollen Introduce Bill to Expand Telework Opportunities for Federal Employees
    WASHINGTON D C Today Senators Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii Ben Cardin D Md and Chris Van Hollen D Md introduced S 3428 the Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act legislation that requires federal agencies to expand teleworking after years of atta...

  9. March 11, 2020

    Hirono Secures Commitment from Interior Secretary for Regular Updates on Rebuilding Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
    WASHINGTON D C Today Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii secured a commitment from Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt to provide six month updates on the progress of rebuilding the U S Geological Survey s USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory HV...

  10. March 5, 2020

    Hirono, Sullivan Introduce Bill to Reunite Korean Americans with Long-Separated Family Members in North Korea
    WASHINGTON D C Today Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii and Senator Dan Sullivan R Alaska introduced S 3395 the bipartisan Korean War Divided Families Reunification Act legislation directing the U S Secretary of State to prioritize helping divide...