WASHINGTON Today U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and Jeff Merkley D Ore introduced the Family Crisis Cash Assistance Act The legislation will create a new permanent program to help families struggling through a natural disaster or economic cri...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i released the following statement on the change in management at the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo Earlier this month as the COVID 19 outbreak worsened at the veterans home Schatz called for im...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i is renewing his call to Hawai i Governor David Ige to take additional steps to protect Hawai i residents living in long term care facilities Schatz first urged the Governor to step up efforts to protect n...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i Michael Bennet D Colo and Amy Klobuchar D Minn introduced new legislation aimed at rescuing the struggling local news industry Local news organizations play a vital role in American democracy ...

WASHINGTON With schools in Hawai i set to reopen for in person instruction U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today urged Hawai i Department of Education Superintendent Christina Kishimoto the State Board of Education and the Hawai i Association of...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today took to the Senate floor to call on Senate Republicans to honor U S Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg s dying wish that she not be replaced until a new president is installed in...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i released the following statement on a new report from the U S Department of Veterans Affairs VA that details serious infection control issues that contributed to the deadly COVID 19 outbreak at the Yuki...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i released the following statement on the passing of U S Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a brilliant jurist In devoting her life to advancing equality an...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i and 30 of his senate colleagues today called on President Trump to work with Congress on a bipartisan basis to enact legislation that provides the emergency assistance and protections renters need to stay ...

WASHINGTON The Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA today announced it has approved an additional 70 293 866 grant to Hawai i to provide those unemployed due to COVID 19 with an additional 300 per week on top of their regular unemployment benefit...