Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) in reintroducing the Justice for Incarcerated Moms Act, legislation that seeks to improve care for pregnant and postpartum people who are incarcerated. The legislation would provide funding to supply exceptional care, commission a...

WASHINGTON, DC –U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined 16 colleagues in releasing the following statement calling on the Administration to find that the Netanyahu Government’s assurances regarding the delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza do not meet the “credible and reliable” test required by National Security Memorandum (NSM)-20. NSM-20...

~ Legislation would authorize funding for programs to increase the recruitment and retention of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields ~ WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), and U.S. Representatives Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) and Shontel Brown (D-OH) led 20 of their colleagues in reintroducing the bicameral...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and U.S. Representative Grace Meng (D-NY) announced today that they stopped Republicans from adding a citizenship question to the next United States Census, blocking their attempt to exclude undocumented immigrants from apportionment decisions in the census. “A complete, accurate census is...

~ Following disastrous Dobbs decision, ACCESS Act would support providers in states where abortion remains legal ~ WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) led 7 of their colleagues in introducing the Abortion Care Capacity Enhancement and Support Services (ACCESS) Act, legislation which would...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and six of her colleagues in introducing the Protecting American Consumers from Robocalls Act, a bill that would help end the plague of illegal robocalls in America.  The legislation would give the Telephone Consumer...

WASHINGTON, DC – In response to a letter from U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) and U.S. Representatives Jill Tokuda (D-HI) and Ed Case (D-HI), the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that they are reopening enrollment for the Individuals and Households Program (IHP) to include Compacts of Free...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tina Smith (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland on the high rates of Tribal prosecutorial declinations. In the letter, the...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) led Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), Representative Jill Tokuda (D-HI), and Representative Ed Case (D-HI) in urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator, Deanne Criswell, to reopen the enrollment for the Individuals and Households Program (IHP) to include Compacts of Free...

Lawmakers: “For flight crews, safety is always the top priority, and we now have decades of evidence demonstrating that flight crews can attend to [breastmilk pumping] in a way that does not disrupt safety, service, or other duties.” WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and 18 colleagues in...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) led the Hawaii Congressional delegation in urging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner, Danny Werfel, to extend the 2023 federal tax filing and payment deadlines for individuals and businesses impacted by the Maui wildfires. “As these members of our community continue to process...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) led 11 of her colleagues in introducing the Time Off to Vote Act, legislation that would require employers—upon the request of the employee—to provide at least two consecutive hours of paid leave in order to vote in federal elections. This allotted time can be used to vote at a polling...

WASHINGTON, DC –U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), and Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), led 24 of their colleagues in reintroducing a bicameral resolution honoring abortion providers and staff by designating March 10, 2024 as “Abortion Provider Appreciation Day.” The Abortion Provider Appreciation Day resolution...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Peter Welch (D-VT), Tina Smith (D-MN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), in sending a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to enforce federal law by requiring Netanyahu’s government to...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Representative Grace Meng (D-NY), and Representative Judy Chu (D-CA) stopped House Republicans from reinstating the China Initiative, a Trump-era program created in 2018 that purported to combat espionage but in effect targeted and profiled those of Chinese descent. The Department of Justice...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) secured several major wins for Hawaii in a federal spending bill that passed the Senate by a vote of 75-22. In addition to containing the recently-renegotiated Compacts of Free Association (COFA), the package includes the text of Senator Hirono’s Compact Impact Fairness Act (CIFA) to...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) led several of their Senate colleagues in introducing a Senate Resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. “Communities of color have long faced disparities when it comes to accessing and receiving health care,”...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) sent a letter to the Director of Office Management and Budget (OMB) Shalanda Young, urging OMB to prioritize funding for National Board Certified Teachers in President Biden’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2025. In the letter, Senator Hirono requested dedicated funding to ensure...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and 23 colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, urging the Department of Education (ED) to address the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form error that is preventing students with...

WASHINGTON, DC – Following the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are “children” under state law, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA), and more than 40 colleagues in cosponsoring the Access to Family Building Act. This legislation would protect access to in-vitro...