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  1. 05.16.2020

    Schatz Calls On Governor Ige To Step Up Efforts To Prevent COVID-19 Outbreaks In Nursing Homes, Strengthen Plans To Protect Hawai‘i Seniors, Nursing Home Workers | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i called on Hawai i Governor David Ige to take additional steps to protect Hawai i residents living in long term care facilities To date Hawai i has avoided any COVID 19 outbreaks at nursing hom...

  2. 05.15.2020

    Schatz, Cornyn Introduce New Bipartisan Bill To Establish Confidential Hotline For Incarcerated Survivors Of Sexual Abuse | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    WASHINGTON U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and John Cornyn R Texas introduced new bipartisan legislation to establish a national hotline offering free confidential support services to incarcerated survivors of sexual abuse and harassment Many c...

  3. 05.15.2020

    Schatz, Senators To Trump: Instead Of Deflecting Blame For Failing Covid-19 Response, Fully Invoke Defense Production Act | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i led a group of four senators in calling for President Trump to stop leveling blame on others for his mismanagement of the public health response to the COVID 19 pandemic and urging him invoke the D...

  4. 05.14.2020

    Schatz, Senators Urge Whole Foods To Stop Suppressing Unions And Intimidating Workers, Respect Right To Organize | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i led a group of five senators to call on Whole Foods to stop any efforts to surveil their employees and undermine their federally protected right to join a union Recent reporting indicates that Whol...

  5. 05.13.2020

    Following Urging From Schatz, New National Housing Assistance Website Launched To Help Renters, Homeowners Apply For Relief, Learn About New Protections To Keep Them In Their Homes | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    WASHINGTON Following calls led by U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau CFPB Federal Housing Finance Agency FHFA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD partnered together to launch a new webs...

  6. 05.13.2020

    Hawai‘i Receiving $50 Million In New Federal Funding To Ramp Up COVID-19 Contact Tracing | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today announced that the State of Hawai i will receive 50 million in new federal funding to expand COVID 19 contact tracing and testing I encourage state leaders to move at the speed of the vi...

  7. 05.12.2020

    As Coronavirus Strikes Prisons, Schatz And Durbin Introduce New Bill To Improve Compassionate Release Process And Protect Public Health | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    WASHINGTON As the rapid spread of the coronavirus overwhelms prisons across the country U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and Dick Durbin D Ill today introduced new legislation that would accelerate the Bureau of Prisons BOP approval process f...

  8. 05.11.2020

    Schatz Leads Bipartisan Group Of Senators To Call For $2 Billion In New Federal Funding To Help Health Care Providers Expand Telehealth Services During Pandemic | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i led a bipartisan group of senators to urge the leadership of both the Senate and House of Representatives to include 2 billion in the next coronavirus relief package to help health care providers e...

  9. 05.11.2020

    Schatz, Whitehouse, Senators To Fed: Loans Should Help Small Businesses, Not Bail Out Oil Companies That Risk Stability Of Financial System | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    WASHINGTON U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and Sheldon Whitehouse D R I called for the Federal Reserve Fed to reconsider its recent changes to the Main Street Lending Program which will give oil and gas producers access to loans meant for smal...

  10. 05.09.2020

    Schatz, Senators Introduce Legislation To Help Struggling Families Pay Rent During The Coronavirus Pandemic | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    HONOLULU U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and Sherrod Brown D Ohio today announced new legislation the Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020 The bill would establish an Emergency Rental Assistance program to pr...