Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), along with seven of their Senate Democratic colleagues, introduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act, or EACH Woman Act. The bill would repeal the Hyde Amendment, lifting the current ban that...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter to National Park Service (NPS) Acting Director Dan Smith, the Hawaii Congressional Delegation requested frequent updates detailing progress made on the reopening of the floating dock at the USS Arizona Memorial that unexpectedly closed in May 2018. The floating dock is the only way for visitors to access the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a speech on the Senate floor today, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) led the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in urging swift passage of a resolution urging the Department of Justice to defend the Affordable Care Act’s pre-existing condition protections in the ongoing Texas v. United States case. Senate...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), introduced the bipartisan Reach Every Veteran in Crisis Act. The legislation, which would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to improve oversight and evaluation of its...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) led nine other senators in urging the bipartisan leadership of the Senate and House of Representatives to pass disaster supplemental legislation that includes much needed relief for states like Hawaii and California, Tribal Nations, and U.S....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Mazie K. Hirono continued her longstanding advocacy to restore Medicaid eligibility for Freely Associated States (FAS) citizens living in the United States with the governors of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine...

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.), as well as 30 of their Senate colleagues, parents, and child care educators and advocates, to reintroduce the Child Care for Working Families Act. The bill seeks to expand access to high-quality, affordable early childhood...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), took to the Senate floor to oppose S. 311, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. The legislation would allow abortion providers to be sued for not providing the...

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) announced that the University of Hawaii will receive $1 million in support from the National Science Foundation for a new project aimed at improving the pipeline of low-income students into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. Designed to meet Hawaii’s...

HONOLULU – Senator Mazie K. Hirono, the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, issued the following statement following Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency: “At today’s announcement, Donald Trump lied about walls, borders, crime, and legal immigration to justify his...

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today during a U.S. Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) highlighted the importance of continued disaster relief for Hawaii businesses, homeowners, and others who were impacted by last year’s natural disasters, and requested U.S. Small Business...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Mazie K. Hirono, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, successfully secured important Hawaii priorities in the Natural Resources Management Act that passed the Senate today on a 92-8 vote. The bill now goes to the House of Representatives for consideration.   “Passing the Natural...

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.), along with 23 Senate colleages, re-introduced legislation to improve protections for national monuments as part of an effort to counter the unprecedented attacks on public lands by the Trump administration. The America’s Natural Treasures of Immeasurable...

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) wrote to the executives of the three national credit bureaus, Equifax, Experian North America, and TransUnion requesting information about what steps have been taken to protect the creditworthiness of federal employees and contractors impacted by the government shutdown. Senator...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), and 10 of her Senate colleagues in unveiling a bicameral Green New Deal resolution that calls for aggressive action to combat climate change by creating high-paying jobs, prioritizing environmental health and...

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) took to the Senate floor to urge the swift passage of S.47, the Natural Resources Management Act. The sweeping bipartisan public lands package includes, among other critical Hawaii priorities, a permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, legislation to expand...

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) joined Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and 16 of their colleagues, to unveil new legislation aimed at improving school infrastructure in the United States. The bill, the Rebuild America’s Schools Act, would provide $100 billion in federal grants and school...

WASHINGTON, D.C.– On what would have been his 100th Birthday, Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Representative Mark Takano (D-Calif.) introduced bicameral legislation to award Fred Korematsu the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of his fight against the...

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) joined 32 BJ SEIU union members and several of her colleagues, including Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), to urge the passage of legislation that would secure back pay for federal contractor employees...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a bipartisan letter to Margaret M. Weichert, Acting Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska.), and several of their colleagues wrote to the Trump Administration urging OPM to provide back pay for federal workers as...