WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today led a group of 11 senators in introducing legislation to a create a new 2 billion fund for Community Development Financial Institutions CDFIs that would automatically provide capital during a natu...

WASHINGTON U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i Chris Van Hollen D Md and Dianne Feinstein D Calif today introduced new legislation that will increase the adoption of face coverings by providing free cloth masks to any individual who requests one ...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i led a group of six senators in introducing the Federal Labor Management COVID Partnership Act a bill that would keep federal workers safe during public health emergencies including the current COVID 19 p...

WASHINGTON U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i Ron Wyden D Ore and Sherrod Brown D Ohio today demanded answers on two recently announced political appointees to the Census Bureau The appointments of Nathaniel Cogley and Adam Korzeniewski who hav...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i and 47 colleagues introduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act a bipartisan bill to restore the landmark Voting Rights Act Named after one of America s greatest civil rights heroes the bill w...

WASHINGTON The Hawai i congressional delegation today urged President Trump to immediately provide support to the state as Hurricane Douglas approaches the islands With the time remaining before the forecasted landfall we can take steps that...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i released the following statement on President Trump s memo to ban undocumented immigrants from being counted in the Census This is an illegal and unconstitutional attempt to scare pe...

HONOLULU Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i announced that the Hawai i Department of Health will receive 3 340 633 to help prepare for and respond to infectious disease outbreaks including the current COVID 19 pandemic This federal funding w...

WASHINGTON Tomorrow the U S Senate is set to vote on an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act NDAA introduced by U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i Lisa Murkowski R Alaska Kamala Harris D Calif and Rand Paul R Ky that will lim...

HONOLULU U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i lead author of the CONNECT for Health Act released the following statement on new data from the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services showing expanded and widespread use of telehealth services during the...