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  1. 07.13.2018

    New Medicare Proposal Would Implement Schatz’s Telehealth Provisions, Expanding Health Care Access To More People | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    WASHINGTON Yesterday the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a new proposal on how to pay Medicare clinicians This new proposed fee schedule would allow clinicians to be paid for telehealth services implementing key provisions from U S ...

  2. 07.12.2018

    Schatz, Boozman Introduce Legislation To Expand Access To Commissaries To Military Heroes, Disabled Veterans | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    WASHINGTON Today U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and John Boozman R Ark introduced the Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018 legislation that would open access to commissaries exchanges and recreation facilities to new ...

  3. 07.10.2018

    Senate Votes to Confirm Mark Bennett to Serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i released the following statement on the Senate confirmation of former Hawai i Attorney General Mark Bennett to the U S Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Bennett was confirmed by a bipartisan ...

  4. 07.09.2018

    Schatz Statement On Nomination Of Brett Kavanaugh To The Supreme Court | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i released the following statement on President Trump s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh has a troubling record of undermining civil liberties opposi...

  5. 07.05.2018

    Schatz Statement on The Resignation of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    HONOLULU U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today issued the following statement after Scott Pruitt resigned from his post as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency EPA Scott Pruitt was unusually greedy and shame...

  6. 07.03.2018

    Schatz, Nelson Lead Group Of 17 Senators In Calling On Secretary Ross To Provide More Answers On Origin Of Census Citizenship Question | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    WASHINGTON Today U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and Bill Nelson D Fla led a group of 17 senators in demanding more answers from Commerce Department Secretary Wilbur Ross about where the proposal of a citizenship question for the upcoming 2020 ...

  7. 07.02.2018

    University Of Hawai‘i To Receive More Than $2 Million To Prevent Childhood Obesity | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    HONOLULU Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i announced that the National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded 2 125 903 to the University of Hawai i for the Children s Healthy Living Center of Excellence CHL which is a leader on chil...

  8. 07.02.2018

    New Grant Program Would Help Entrepreneurs, Local Governments Grow Local Food In Hawai‘i | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    HONOLULU On Thursday the U S Senate passed the 2018 farm bill which included a provision authored by U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and Lisa Murkowski R Alaska that would create a new grant program to support locally grown food This new f...

  9. 06.28.2018

    Hawai‘i To Get A Major Boost In Impact Aid Funding For Schools | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    WASHINGTON Today the Senate Appropriations Committee passed two appropriations bills with increased funding for the Impact Aid Program U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee helped secure 40 million in t...

  10. 06.28.2018

    Schatz: Across The State, We Are Helping Each Other Out | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
    WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i spoke on the Senate floor to update the public on the ongoing eruptions on Hawai i Island In his remarks Senator Schatz outlined the state local and federal relief efforts and described the supp...