WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today along with 12 of his Senate colleagues urged the Department of Education to take immediate action to help students in the aftermath of its February 27 decision to terminate Argosy University s eligi...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i and U S Representative Mark Pocan D Wis led a group of 42 members of Congress in reintroducing the Debt Free College Act legislation that will reverse the growing student debt crisis in the Unit...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i U S Representative Peter DeFazio D Ore and U S Senator Chris Van Hollen D Md introduced legislation to create a new progressive tax on financial transactions that would generate billions in re...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i co chair of the Senate Climate Action Task Force led a group of 14 senators in calling on President Trump to abandon plans to form an internal group within the White House with the task of refuting the cl...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senators Sheldon Whitehouse D R I Brian Schatz D Hawai i and Martin Heinrich D N M called on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell R Ky to hold a full day of floor debate on climate change We respectfully request you and your Rep...

WASHINGTON U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i Mark Warner D Va and John Kennedy R La introduced new legislation to protect the credit reports of federal workers and contractors who were hurt by the government shutdown Our federal workers and cont...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i lead Democrat on the Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee released the following statement in response to President Trump s declaration of a national emerge...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i and U S Representative Ben Ray Luján D N M reintroduced the State Public Option Act bicameral legislation to create a Medicaid based public health care option to strengthen the Affordable Care Act by p...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to pass a bipartisan funding deal that will increase pay for federal workers by nearly 2 percent and boost funding for programs that benefit Ha...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i released the following statement after voting against the confirmation of William Barr to serve as the U S Attorney General Mr Barr has been clear where he should be vague and vague where he should be c...