WASHINGTON Today the U S House of Representatives approved legislation authored by U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and Lisa Murkowski R Alaska that would set aside 5 million for U S Senate offices to pay their interns The funding included i...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i Dick Durbin D Ill and Cory Booker D N J introduced the Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act new legislation that would encourage colleges and universities to remove criminal and juvenile ju...

WASHINGTON Today the U S Senate passed a bipartisan spending package that will provide 72 5 billion to the Veterans Health Administration VHA to strengthen delivery of health care for veterans U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i lead Democrat on ...

HONOLULU Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee announced that the U S Department of Education DOE will award Hawai i a total of 7 502 520 to fund Native Hawaiian education programs Over the past...

WASHINGTON Today Hawai i s Congressional Delegation urged President Donald Trump to act swiftly on Governor David Ige s request for a presidential disaster declaration for areas across the state impacted by Hurricane Lane The declaration will help ensu...

WASHINGTON U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and Bill Nelson D Fla introduced legislation this week to allow doctors at the U S Department of Veterans Affairs to prescribe medical marijuana to veterans in the 31 states that have established medic...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i announced today that he will be opposing the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be a justice on the United States Supreme Court I ve seen enough As long as the Republicans refuse to release 96 percent of th...

WASHINGTON Today the Hawai i Congressional Delegation urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA to be ready to work with the state to address immediate recovery needs assess the damage caused by Hurricane Lane and swiftly approve any reque...

HONOLULU U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i released the following statement on the passing of U S Senator John McCain We lost a hero at a time when we need them We lost a statesman when there are so few around His was a life of service and a life ...

WASHINGTON Today Hawai i s Congressional Delegation urged President Donald Trump to act swiftly on Governor David Ige s request for a presidential disaster declaration for the emergency response to Hurricane Lane The declaration will help ensure that c...