WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report on the Department of Defense's management of historic properties in use on U.S. installations. The report (GAO-19-335) is titled "Defense Infrastructure: Additional Actions Could Enhance DOD's Efforts to Identify, Evaluate, and Preserve Historic Properties". The report was sent to Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, chairman, Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Militar  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Yesterday, in recognition of National Oceans Month, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Representative Ed Case (D-Hawaii) introduced legislation that would support practices to preserve, sustain, and restore coral reef ecosystems. The Coral Reef Sustainability Through Innovation Act of 2019 addresses threats facing our nation's coral reef ecosystems by directing the 12 federal agencies on the U.S. Coral  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined a group of 14 senators led by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) in asking the College Board to change its approach to its annual reports to better reflect the costs of attaining higher education. The College Board is a non-profit organization that promotes higher education preparation and administers standardized tests,  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 19 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * - Bill includes funding boosts both nationally and for programs critical to Hawaii * * * U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai'i - District 1) announced that today the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2740, the first upcoming Fiscal Year 2020 appropriations bill including close to $1 trillion in overall federal spending and millions in federal funding for Hawai'i-specific programs. The full Hous  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * - Reports Revealed Senior Intelligence Analyst's Written Testimony on Climate Science Was Blocked By White House * * * U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Chair of the Special Committee on the Climate Crisis, has invited Dr. Rod Schoonover, a senior intelligence analyst at the State Department, to testify before the Senate Special Committee on the Climate Crisis. The invitation follows reports tha  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) led a group of 14 senators in asking the College Board to change its approach to its annual reports to better reflect the costs of attaining higher education. The College Board is a non-profit organization that promotes higher education preparation and administers standardized tests, including the SAT. "The College Board's annual publications, Trends in Student Ai  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following statement by Member Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, at a hearing on the nomination of Daniel Bress to be U.S. circuit judge for the Ninth Circuit: "As we consider the nomination of Daniel Bress to a California seat on the 9th Circuit, I believe we have reached a new low. "Now that you have thrown out the blue slip process for Circuit Court nominees, scheduled multiple Circuit Court nominees for consideration in a single hear  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Speaker of  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Last week, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Cory Gardner (R-Col.) introduced S. 1857, the Federal Energy and Water Management Performance Act of 2019, which would formally authorize the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) and establish energy and water usage reduction goals for federal buildin  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Last week, Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and 11 of their U.S. Senate colleagues introduced S. 1083, the H.R. 40 Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act, which establishes a commission to consider proposals for reparations for African-American descendants of slavery. The commission would address policies that continue to uphold systemic rac  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) along with Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.),  more