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  1. August 8, 2013

    HIRONO PRAISES AWARDING OF PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM TO SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE
    Washington D C Senator Mazie K Hirono praised President Obama s announcement today that he is awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Senator Daniel K Inouye The award is one of the highest civilian awards bestowed in the United States along ...

  2. June 17, 2013

    HIRONO STATEMENT ON PAR PETROLEUM PURCHASE OF KAPOLEI TESORO REFINERY
    Washington D C Senator Mazie K Hirono today released the following statement regarding the announced purchase of the Kapolei Tesoro refinery by Par Petroleum Par Petroleum Corporation is a Houston based company that intends to continue Tesoro s refin...

  3. June 14, 2013

    HIRONO MEETS WITH SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION NOMINEE, DISCUSSES HONOLULU RAIL & KALAUPAPA ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE
    Washington D C Senator Mazie K Hirono met this week with U S Secretary of Transportation nominee and Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx During the meeting Foxx and Hirono discussed the importance of Honolulu s rail system for which the city secured a fu...

  4. June 13, 2013

    Honolulu Star-Advertiser Endorses Hirono Measures Included In Immigration Bill
    In today s Honolulu Star Advertiser the newspaper s editorial board endorsed Senator Mazie K Hirono s measure in the immigration reform bill that would restore Medicaid eligibility for COFA migrants saving the state millions each year The editorial boa...

  5. June 13, 2013

    ON SENATE FLOOR, HIRONO CALLS ON COLLEAGUES TO FIX PARTS OF IMMIGRATION BILL THAT INADVERTENTLY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST WOMEN IMMIGRANTS, UNFAIRLY PENALIZE IMMIGRANT TAXPAYERS
    WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono today took to the Senate floor to highlight two major flaws in the immigration reform bill currently being debated in the Senate In her remarks Hirono pointed out how the new merit based immigration system that ...

  6. June 12, 2013

    HIRONO VOTES TO FIGHT SEXUAL ASSAULTS IN THE MILITARY
    WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono voted today during a meeting of the Senate Armed Services Committee in support of a measure aimed at stopping and prosecuting sexual assaults in the military The measure would give military prosecutors the power ...

  7. June 6, 2013

    HAWAII DELEGATION INTRODUCES IMPROVEMENTS TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN EDUCATION ACT
    WASHINGTON D C Hawaii s congressional delegation introduced a bill today that would make important changes to the Native Hawaiian Education Act an existing program that has improved educational opportunities for thousands of Native Hawaiian kids and f...

  8. June 6, 2013

    SENATOR MAZIE K. HIRONO VOTES TO STOP STUDENT LOAN INTEREST RATES FROM DOUBLING ON JULY 1
    WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono released the following statement after voting for a Democratic proposal to keep student loan interest rates from doubling on July 1 and against a Republican plan that would saddle students with even more debt ...

  9. June 5, 2013

    HIRONO APPLAUDS NEWS THAT PRESIDENT WILL APPOINT SUSAN RICE AS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
    WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono member of the Senate Armed Services Committee released the following statement upon news that President Obama will appoint U N Ambassador Susan Rice to be his next National Security Advisor Ambassado...

  10. June 4, 2013

    Alaska-Hawaii Delegations Continue Tradition of Working Together For Native Peoples
    WASHINGTON D C U S Senators Lisa Murkowski R AK Mark Begich D AK Mazie Hirono D HI and Brian Schatz D HI today continued the long legacy of two states working together and working for their native populations The Senators were joined...