Senator Mazie K Hirono D HI and Representative Carolyn Maloney D NY today introduced the Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act legislation that would provide support to increase the number of women and minorities entering science technology engi...
WASHINGTON D C Senators Mazie K Hirono and Deb Fischer R NE introduced legislation Tuesday to ensure veterans with a disability rating of 30 percent or higher who are hired by the Federal Aviation Administration FAA can access additional paid sick l...
Senate Republicans have publicly vowed to block any nominee from President Barack Obama to fill the current vacancy on the U S Supreme Court
They won t hold a hearing They won t hold a vote They won t even meet with the president s nominee
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WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono announced that she and 224 other Members of Congress today will file an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the United States v Texas case in which Texas and 25 other states sued to block implementation of the Pr...
WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono questioned U S Forest Service USFS Chief Thomas Tidwell on progress to combat Rapid Ohia Death at today s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing Senator Hirono also called for robust funding for t...
Senator Mazie K Hirono joined by Senate colleagues and Congressional Black Caucus leaders today took Senate Republicans to task over their failure to do their job and commit to taking any action on President Obama s eventual nominee to fill the Supreme ...
The United States Senate unanimously approved a resolution authored by Senator Mazie K Hirono recognizing February 2016 as American Heart Month and February 5 2016 as National Wear Red Day This is the second year that Senator Hirono led the effort to r...
Top U S Senate Republicans say they will not hold a hearing on any nomination to the Supreme Court until President Barack Obama leaves office
But Democrats including Hawaii s two U S senators are fighting back demanding that their GOP collea...
Senator Mazie K Hirono applauded President Obama s nomination of Lucy Koh to serve on the U S Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Lucy Koh s experience on the federal bench in private practice and as a prosecutor make her a qualif...
WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono introduced a resolution marking the anniversary of the issuance of Executive Order 9066 which led to the internment of nearly 120 000 Japanese Americans during World War II and affirming that America must stand ...