WASHINGTON As the outbreak of mosquito borne viruses such as Zika and dengue continue to threaten communities in the United States and around the world U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i led eight senators in calling on the Senate Appropriations Commi...

HONOLULU Today the U S Department of Labor USDOL approved a petition for federal aid that will provide millions of dollars in federal funding for displaced workers at the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company HC S making it the first time ever that...

WASHINGTON U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i Ben Cardin D Md Barbara Mikulski D Md and Sherrod Brown D Ohio introduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates FAIR Act a bill that would provide federal employees with a 5 3 percent pay increas...

WASHINGTON Today on the front steps of the U S Supreme Court U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i Democratic Leader Harry Reid D Nev and Senate Democrats called on Senate Republicans to do their job and give the president s Supreme Court nominee Ju...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today made the following statement regarding President Obama s nomination of Merrick B Garland to the U S Supreme Court Chief Judge Merrick B Garland has the legal expertise independent min...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and Orrin Hatch R Utah introduced the Safe Treatments and Opportunities to Prevent STOP Pain Act bipartisan legislation that would strengthen research for treatment of chronic pain and find alt...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i member of the Senate Appropriations Committee announced that displaced Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company HC S employees are eligible to receive federal funding through a worker aid program m...

WASHINGTON During an appropriations hearing today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee called on the Secretary of the U S Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD Julian Castro to recognize th...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i applauded the Obama Administration s efforts to act on climate change and limit methane pollution from oil and natural gas production Today s announcement that EPA is planning to reduce methane e...

WASHINGTON Today the White House announced that Hawai i has been selected to participate in the TechHire Initiative a competitive multi sector program that provides students and workers with skills needed to grow our nation s high tech workforce The H...