HONOLULU Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i will lead a congressional delegation to the Asia Pacific to participate in high level meetings with leaders in Japan Korea and the Philippines Before heading to Asia today the delegation toured th...

Americans waste an unfathomable amount of food In fact according to aGuardian report released this week roughly 50 percent of all produce in the United States is thrown away some 60 million tons or 160 billion worth of produce annually an amount con...

WASHINGTON U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and Roger Wicker R Miss have introduced a new bipartisan measure to expand access to rural telehealth services by allowing non rural hospitals and health care providers that service rural areas to make ...

WASHINGTON The U S Senate today passed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Conference Report which included the Safe Treatments and Opportunities to Prevent STOP Pain Act bipartisan legislation introduced by U S Senators Brian Schatz D Haw...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i a member of the Senate Commerce Committee today called on the Federal Trade Commission FTC to investigate the commercial use of the rapidly expanding short term lodging rental market The letter which ...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee issued the following statement after the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that China s sovereignty claim over the South China Sea has no lega...

WASHINGTON In response to the staggering amount of food wasted in the United States every year U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i Richard Blumenthal D Conn Ron Wyden D Ore Jeff Merkley D Ore and Cory Booker D N J introduced comprehensive leg...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i welcomed the announcement today that Hawaiian Airlines has begun ticket sales for a new non stop service between Kona International Airport and Haneda International Airport I congratulate Hawai...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i introduced the Restoring Education and Learning REAL Act a bill that would restore Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated individuals in order to reduce recidivism rates lower corrections spending an...

WASHINGTON Today the Senate Appropriations Committee approved 16 7 million in federal funding for the East West Center U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i a member of the Appropriations Committee worked to maintain federal funding levels for the Ea...