Senator Mazie K Hirono released the following statement after President Obama announced that he will visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial later this month becoming the first sitting United States President to visit I commend President Obama s de...

The U S Senate late last night unanimously passed Senator Mazie K Hirono and Representative Grace Meng s D NY bill to remove offensive terms such as Oriental from federal law H R 4238 was approved by the House 376 0 and will now go to President Oba...

A bill that would remove derogatory racial terms including the word Oriental from federal language has been passed by Congress and will now go to President Barack Obama to sign into law The U S Senate unanimously passed H R 4238 introduc...

05 08 2016 Senator Hirono Discusses Zika Virus with Blood Bank of Hawaii Senator Hirono visited the Blood Bank of Hawaii to learn more about how Zika is impacting its operations Medical Director Dr Randal C...

HONOLULU Senator Mazie K Hirono today announced that certain family members of Filipino World War II veterans can finally apply to come to the United States to be reunited with their aging Filipino veteran family members who are U S citizens or Legal P...

HONOLULU Senator Mazie K Hirono a member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship today toured Hawaii Candy Inc Island Princess and Menehune Mac Hawaii businesses set to participate in the upcoming Hawaii on the Hill Hawaii s...

Senator Mazie K Hirono Governor David Ige Hawaii Director of Health Dr Virginia Pressler State Administrator of Emergency Management Vern Miyagi Healthcare Association of Hawaii emergency responders and Dr Elliot Parks CEO of Hawaii Biotech today ...

Senators Mazie K Hirono took to the Senate floor today to raise awareness of the Zika virus and call for expediently funding President Obama s funding request to fight Zika To date in Hawaii there are seven confirmed cases of Zika and one case of an inf...

Senator Mazie Hirono on Tuesday called for unanimous consent on the Senate floor to confirm Hawai i s Clare Connors and other judicial nominees The Office of Senator Hirono said in a release that some of the nominees from courts across the countr...

WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono today took to the Senate floor to call for unanimous consent to confirm Hawaii s Clare Connors and other judicial nominees from courts across the country who have been waiting months and in some cases over a year ...