HONOLULU Senator Mazie K Hirono today hosted the first in a series of outreach events to assist Filipino World War II veterans in applying to reunite with family members still living in the Philippines Senator Hirono brought together close to ...

WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono released the following statement on the passing of former Hawaii House of Representatives speaker Maui mayor and businessman Elmer Cravalho Mayor Cravalho was a politically astute visionary He cared fo...

Senator Mazie K Hirono today announced that Singapore has been officially added to the U S Customs and Border Protection CBP Global Entry Program which means that Singaporean citizens can now apply for expedited customs clearance for visiting the Unit...

Senator Mazie K Hirono today applauded the Supreme Court s 5 3 decision in Whole Woman s Health v Hellerstedt which struck down a Texas law restricting access to reproductive health care Had the Court ruled in favor of the Texas law states across the ...

WASHINGTON D C Today the Supreme Court released a deadlocked ruling on U S v Texas which halts President Obama s Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents DAPA and expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals DACA ...

Senator Mazie K Hirono today voted to support two commonsense measures to curb gun violence The first authored by Senator Christopher Murphy D CT would strengthen background checks for gun buyers The second authored by Senator Dianne Feinstein D CA...

WASHINGTON D C Today Senate Democrats led by Senator Mazie K Hirono Senator Tammy Baldwin and Senator Barbara Mikulski unveiled an amendment to provide an additional 41 million to Department of Justice programs that prevent discrimination and hate cr...

Senator Mazie K Hirono took to the Senate floor to join Senator Christopher Murphy D CT and Senate Democrats in a filibuster to demand that the U S Senate vote on commonsense solutions to combat gun violence In her speech Senator Hirono paid tribute ...

WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono today marked the fourth anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals DACA program which has brought 700 000 young adults out of the shadows and allowed them to pursue higher education and jobs witho...

Senator Mazie K Hirono a member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and Ranking Member of the Seapower Subcommittee voted to approve the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act NDAA The U S Senate overwhelmingly passed the bill 85 1...