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  1. May 15, 2019

    Senator Hirono Announces Nearly $2.5 Million in Funding to the UH West Oahu
    WASHINGTON D C Today Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii announced that University of Hawaii West Oahu UHWO will receive nearly 2 5 million in support from the National Science Foundation NSF to improve college readiness and success for Native Haw...

  2. May 9, 2019

    Senators Hirono, Merkley Introduce Legislation to Study Impacts of Popular Sunscreen Chemicals
    WASHINGTON D C Yesterday Senators Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii and Jeff Merkley D Ore introduced legislation to better inform the public about the effects that sunscreen chemicals have on coral reefs around the world The Oxybenzone and Octinoxate Imp...

  3. May 8, 2019

    Senator Hirono Demands Answers, Action Following Deadly Helicopter Crash on Oahu
    WASHINGTON D C On Tuesday Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii sent letters to Robert L Sumwalt Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board NTSB and Dan Elwell the Acting Administrator at the Federal Aviation Administration FAA over safe...

  4. May 7, 2019

    Senators Hirono, Durbin Introduce Legislation to Protect Americans from Unwanted Robocalls
    WASHINGTON D C Last week Senators Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii and Dick Durbin D Ill along with U S Senators Ed Markey D Mass Tammy Duckworth D Ill Amy Klobuchar D Minn and Tina Smith D Minn introduced the Protecting American Consumers from R...

  5. May 3, 2019

    Senator Hirono Applauds Patent and Trademark Office’s Decision to Extend Telework Program to Hawaii, Alaska
    WASHINGTON D C Today Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii welcomed the U S Patent and Trademark Office s PTO s announcement that it had extended its full time telework program the Telework Enhancement Act Pilot Program TEAPP to Hawaii and Alaska T...

  6. April 30, 2019

    Hirono, 11 Senators Call for DOJ Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility to Investigate Attorney General Barr’s Handling of the Mueller Report
    WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii led 11 Senators in urging Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz and Director of the Department of Justice s Office of Professional Responsibility Corey Amundson to investigate Attorne...

  7. April 30, 2019

    Senators Hirono, King Introduce Resolution to Designate April 30 as National Adult Hepatitis B Vaccination Awareness Day
    WASHINGTON D C Today Senators Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii and Angus King I Maine introduced S Res 177 a resolution supporting the designation of April 30 2019 as National Adult Hepatitis B Vaccination Awareness Day Hepatitis B is a viral infectio...

  8. April 29, 2019

    Senator Hirono Leads Bipartisan Letter in Support of Funding to Address Deferred Maintenance at Schools of Agriculture
    WASHINGTON D C Earlier this month Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii along with nine of her colleagues sent a bipartisan letter to the U S Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture Rural Development Food and Drug Administrati...

  9. April 25, 2019

    Hirono Highlights Important Role of Federal Funding in Clearing Hawaii’s Rape Kit Backlog, Building Future Testing Capacity
    HONOLULU In a visit to Honolulu Police Department HPD Headquarters today Senator Mazie K Hirono highlighted the important role federal funding played in helping Hawaii law enforcement clear a backlog of 1 500 untested rape kits statewide In 2016 th...

  10. April 24, 2019

    Senators Hirono, Gillibrand, Daines Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Assist Vietnam Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange
    WASHINGTON D C Last week Senators Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii Kirsten Gillibrand D N Y Steve Daines R Mont and twenty one of their U S Senate colleagues reintroduced the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act to ensure thousands of Navy veterans kno...