Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Ed Markey (D-MA), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), and 14 colleagues in sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, requesting information about the status of the distribution of Clean School Bus program funding to recipients with signed agreements...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Ed Markey (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and 25 colleagues in sending a letter to Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) urging them to provide no less than $15.402 billion for the Social Security Administration in the Fiscal Year...

WASHINGTON, DC –U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) announced that she will continue serving as Senate Co-Chair of the Congressional Creative Rights Caucus, with Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC). U.S. Representatives Judy Chu (D-CA) and Laurel Lee (R-FL) will serve as the House Co-Chairs. “I’m glad to join Rep. Chu, Senator Tillis, and our new co-lead,...

Sen. Hirono: “Every Member of Congress took an oath to support the Constitution and that oath compels each of us to push back against the President’s dangerous attempt to politicize our military.”  WASHINGTON, DC – Today, following President Trump’s firing of senior military leaders, including General Charles “CQ” Brown, the Chairman of the Joint...

~ Video of Sen. Hirono’s floor speech is available here ~ WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, voted against Kash Patel’s nomination to serve as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Prior to the vote, Senator Hirono took to the Senate floor to...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), all members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs (SVAC), sent a letter to U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought and Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins demanding that the Trump...

~ Video of Sen. Hirono’s floor speech is available here ~ WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) took to the Senate floor to condemn President Trump’s and Republican’s efforts to eliminate the Department of Education (ED) and cut crucial federal funding for programs which millions of children and families across the country rely...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, on the anniversary of Executive Order 9066 that began the horrific incarceration of thousands of Japanese Americans during World War II, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and U.S. Representative Mark Takano (D-CA) reintroduced the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act, legislation that...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) and U.S. Representatives­­­­­ Ed Case (D-HI) and Jill Tokuda (D-HI) introduced a resolution celebrating Mahina Olelo Hawaii, also known as Hawaiian Language Month. “Indigenous languages are an important part of our country’s history and fabric,” said Senator Hirono. “Yet...

Lawmakers: “It is dangerously unacceptable that an unelected Musk and his unqualified acolytes have access to sensitive CMS systems and are ready to bypass Congress to make life and death decisions affecting millions of Americans.” WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Ed Markey (D-MA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and 29...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), and nine of their colleagues from disaster-impacted states in demanding answers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on the potential security breach created by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which...

Lawmakers: “We urge you to stop playing political games with the lifesaving work of the NIH and to allow NIH research to continue uninterrupted.” WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and the rest of the Senate Democratic Caucus in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and ranking member of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in writing to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth regarding the military’s recent increased deployment of active-duty...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and James Lankford (R-OK) in introducing the bipartisan Wildfire Resilience Through Grazing Research Act, legislation to promote research on how grazing can support wildfire mitigation, fuels reduction, and post-fire recovery. “As...

WASHINGTON, DC – On the anniversary of the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) and 17 colleagues in introducing the Age 21 Act, legislation to raise the minimum age to purchase assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines from...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Boozman (R-AK), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) in introducing the bipartisan Supporting the Abused by Learning Options to Navigate Survivor (SALONS) Stories Act to incentivize domestic...

~ Video of Sen. Hirono’s remarks at the press conference is available here ~ WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), colleagues, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) labor unions, advocates, and veterans in holding a press conference...

~ Video of Sen. Hirono’s remarks is available here ~ WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, voted against advancing Kash Patel’s nomination to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) out of committee. “The American people deserve to know where he’s coming...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) took to the Senate floor to warn against the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Trump’s nominee to become the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Senator Hirono joined several of her Senate Democratic colleagues in holding the Senate floor to...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and 7 colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, pressing him for answers on the Trump Administration’s cuts to U.S. foreign assistance programs and its harmful impact on U.S. national security, including the abrupt curtailment of efforts to...