WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: The Senate Appropriations Committee today passed the Fiscal Year 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The legislation, led by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chair of the subcommittee, will provide $98.737 billion in total discretionary funding. "This bill makes important investments to strengthen our nation's transportation infrastructure and ad  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) as well as Representatives Barbara Lee (D-Calif.-12) and Judy Chu (D-Calif.-28), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), in introducing the Health Equity and Accountability Act (HEAA) of 2024, legislation that would address health disparities among racial and ethni  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Representative Judy Chu (D-CA), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), introduced the Health Equity and Accountability Act (HEAA) of 2024, legislation that would address health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities as well as women, the LGBTQ+ community, rural populations, and socioeconomi  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), a senior member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today met with White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Arati Prabhakar to discuss the potential benefits and emerging safety concerns from artificial intelligence (AI). Later in the day, Schatz participated in a discussion at the Center for AI Safety DC launch reception to disc  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) today released the following statement on President Joe Biden. "For over 50 years, Joe Biden has been a selfless patriot and dedicated public servant who's given everything to the country he so dearly loves. As a senator, vice president, and now president, he has spent most of his life working to make people's lives better and the world safer. Today, yet again, he has put the  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Brian Schatz today announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded $68.4 million in federal funding to the University of Hawai?i Sea Grant College Program, which will work in partnership with a dozen groups spanning government, nonprofits, academia, and local stewards. The new award is through the Climate Resilience Regional Challenge funded by the Inflation Reduc  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- 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, led a group of senators to speak on the dark history of Indian Boarding Schools and the progress being made on the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act, legislation that would establish a federal commission to investigate, document, and ackn  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced a bill to reverse the Supreme Court's recent decision that significantly extends the length of time plaintiffs have to challenge federal regulations. The Agency Stability Restoration Act would reverse the court's decision in Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, issued earlier this month. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sheldon Whi  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) released the following statement today: "Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Azerbaijani government's unjust detainment of Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu a world-respected  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: After a Supreme Court stacked with Trump-appointed justices overturned the 40-year-old Chevron deference doctrine, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) int  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, wrote to the Department of Defense (DoD) urging full implementation of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) Safety Act of 2023 prior to t  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this week joined Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and his colleagues in introducing a bill to reverse the Supreme Court's recent decision that significantly extends the length of time plaintiffs have to challenge federal regulations. The Agency Stability Restoration Act would reverse the court's decision in Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, issued e  more