| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Hawaii Newsletter for Sunday December 24, 2023 ( 9 items ) |
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Butler Joins Lawmakers in Raising Concerns With Wellpath Over Inadequate Healthcare Services in Prisons and Jails Nationwide
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 --Sen. Laphonza Butler, D-California, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) sent a letter to Wellpath -- the nation's largest private provider of prison healthcare -- raising co
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Hirono Leads Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Provide Construction Funding to Federally-Impacted School Districts
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) led 10 of her colleagues in introducing the Impact Aid Infrastructure Partnership Act, legislation that would provide a total of $1 billion over four years for Impact Aid Construction Grants to address the significant backlog of facility needs at federally impacted school districts. Companion legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representative
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Hirono, Colleagues Push to Keep Anti-LGBTQ+ and Anti-Abortion Provisions Out of Critical Government Funding Bills
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and 44 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Vice Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) urging them to reject any new poison pill policy riders in the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills, including the anti-LGBTQ+ and a
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Schatz Statement On New FTC Proposal To Protect Children's Privacy Online
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) released the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission unveiled a proposal aimed at expanding protections for children's privacy online. Specifically, the proposal would limit the ability of social media platforms to send push notifications to young users and further limit data retention for youth, among other things.
"Tech platforms have knowin
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Schatz: Hawai'i To Receive Nearly $4 Million In Additional Federal Disaster Aid To Support Maui's Recovery From Fires
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) announced that Hawai'i will receive $3.9 million in new federal funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support the ongoing recovery effort on Maui following the fires in August. The funding, which comes from the Disaster Relief Fund which Congress replenished in September following calls from Schatz and others, will support staff who h
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Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chair Schatz, Vice Chair Murkowski: Two Indian Affairs Bills Set To Become Law, Three More Head To House For Further Consideration
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, released the below statements on Senate passage of H.R. 1722, the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and H.R. 2839, a bill to amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping,
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Senators Markey, Warren, Durbin, Ossoff, Lawmakers Raise Concerns with Wellpath Over Inadequate Healthcare Services in Prisons and Jails Nationwide
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
Lawmakers: "A host of federal investigations, press reports, and reports by incarcerated people have revealed apparent deficiencies in Wellpath's care."
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Washington (December 19, 2023) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Laphonza Butler (D-Cali
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U.S. Senator Katie Britt Supports Bipartisan Legislation To Expand Telehealth Access, Make Permanent Telehealth Flexibilities
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) today expressed her support for the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2023. Reintroduced by Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) earlier this year and cosponsored by Senator Britt and a group of 57 additional Senate colleagues, this bipartisan bill would expand coverage of telehealth ser
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VIDEO: On Senate Floor, Hirono Highlights Biden-Harris Administration's Progress for Working People, Commends Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), delivered remarks on the Senate floor highlighting the historic progress made by the Biden-Harris Administration to create over 14 million jobs and keep unemployment rates low. In her remarks, Senator Hirono also commended Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su for her work in achieving these milestones and called out unfair criticisms of the Acting
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