WASHINGTON D C Today Senator Mazie K Hirono D HI member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee announced the introduction of legislation to research the use of natural infrastructure or naturally occurring landscape to protect com...
WASHINGTON D C U S Senator Mazie K Hirono D HI member of the Senate Judiciary Committee joined 18 of her Senate colleagues in introducing comprehensive legislation to address the rise in threats targeting election workers The Election Worker Prot...
U S Sen Mazie K Hirono D HI a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee announced that the U S Department of Veterans Affairs awarded 1 5 million in federal funding to Hawai i to support veterans suicide prevention efforts
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The US Department of Justice confirmed in a legal opinion that the VA has the legal authority to provide abortion services in cases of rape incest and the life or health of the patient
Additionally DOJ concluded that VA doctors and health care...
WASHINGTON D C Following a successful push led by Senator Mazie K Hirono member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee to get the Department of Veterans Affairs VA to begin providing abortion services the U S Department of Justice DOJ confir...
WASHINGTON D C Senator Mazie K Hirono D HI member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee questioned a panel of experts about developments in energy storage and battery technologies and the importance of these technologies to Hawaii s...
WASHINGTON D C U S Senator Mazie K Hirono D HI joined Senator Tim Kaine D VA in introducing legislation to support survivors of sexual assault on college campuses The Survivor Outreach and Support on Campus Act or S O S Campus Act would requi...
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough is making it clear who has the final say in deciding whether veterans in states with abortion bans can still access abortion care
He does not Republican state attorneys general
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Doctors and nurses who perform abortions for the Department of Veterans Affairs in states where the practice is banned should be immune from criminal prosecution and other civil penalties such as license revocation according to a legal opinion VA Secreta...
Hawaii County has two community outpatient clinics for veterans and two vet centers meaning veterans on the island often have to travel schedule a telehealth visit or seek a community care provider to access treatment in a timely manner
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