HONOLULU Senator Mazie K Hirono and Representative Colleen Hanabusa introduced a bipartisan bicameral resolution in the United States Senate to recognize the month of October as Filipino American History Month The resolution acknowledges the key role F...
HONOLULU Last week the President signed the Veterans Compensation Cost of Living Adjustment Act of 2018 legislation co authored by Senator Mazie K Hirono The new law provides a Cost of Living Adjustment COLA for the rates of veterans disability co...
WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee was selected by the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans NCHV to receive its 2018 Meritorious Service Award in recognition of her years of work to...
HONOLULU Last week the Social Security Administration SSA announced that beneficiaries will receive a 2 8 Cost of Living Adjustment COLA increase for 2019 the highest increase since 2012
Social Security is an earned benefit that provides...
WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii released the following statement in solidarity with Unite Here Local 5 members striking at Marriott operated hotels on Oahu and Maui
I stand in solidarity with Hawaii s hotel workers Their col...
WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii and Senator Brian Schatz D Hawaii urged the new Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service Charles P Rettig to reconsider the IRS plan to remove automatic external defibrillators AEDs from IRS o...
WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii voted today for the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 which passed the Senate 93 6
The bill provides nearly 1 7 billion in disaster relief funds and includes provisions authored by Senator Hi...
WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii hailed an agreement reached between the United States and Australia to launch a pilot program allowing Australian citizens to apply for expedited customs clearance through U S Customs and Border Protecti...
WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono led 14 Senators in urging the Department of the Interior DOI Inspector General Mary Kendall to investigate any political interference in scientific research or communications at the Department
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WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono D Hawaii a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to advance bills that would make the Land and Water Conservation Fund LWCF permanent increase federal resources for programs that ...