Congress has sent President Barack Obama a 1 1 trillion government wide spending bill that includes hundreds of millions for Hawaii The Senate today voted 72 26 for the measure which cleared the House a little more than 24 hours earlier on a si...

Molokai Middle School MMS students showcased their school with pride to an unlikely visitor last month Sen Mazie Hirono took a one hour tour led by the MMS Student Council Hirono s initial interest in the school s science technology engineering and ...

The 1 trillion federal omnibus bill includes more than 744 million for Hawaii for military education health care transportation and the environment The bi partisan bill would fund the U S government through October the rest of fiscal year 2014 ...

Mazie Hirono only missed one vote in 2013 Colleen Hanabusa reached across the aisle a lot to co sponsor legislation and Tulsi Gabbard and Brian Schatz each had a bill enacted All four also worked with each other to push legislation jointly Those...

Senator Mazie Hirono has first all over her resume A Democrat representing Hawaii she is the first Asian American woman elected to the United States Senate the first female senator to represent her state and the first Buddhist in the Senate She s al...

All this week Majority Leader Harry Reid declared over and over on the Senate floor that there s a downside to the recovering economy It s true he said The rich are getting a lot richer and the poor are getting poorer That observa...

U S Sens Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz are co sponsors of an amendment to protect military retirees from changes to cost of living adjustments Sen Jeanne Shaheen D NH introduced the amendment yesterday as part of legislation renewing long term ...

President Barack Obama recently said that what drives me as an American is to make sure that every striving hardworking optimistic kid in America has the same incredible chance that this country gave me Right now we are facing a period of profound e...

WASHINGTON Sen Mazie Hirono D Hawaii released the following statement on Dec 17 to mark the one year anniversary of Sen Daniel Inouye s passing To honor the late senator Hirono introduced legislation that would redesignate the Asia Pacific...

Late December often prompts reflection about the year that has passed and resolutions for the year to come For Hawaii s representatives in Congress there were some big 2013 disappointments Congress failed to pass comprehensive immigration refo...