Washington D C Yesterday the Senate Commerce Committee approved the Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act of 2015 which included a bipartisan amendment introduced by U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i Dean Heller R Nev Edwar...

Washington D C Today the Senate Appropriations Committee passed the agriculture appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016 U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee worked to increase funding by 1 million f...

Washington D C U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and Kirsten Gillibrand D N Y and U S Representatives Mark Pocan D Wisc and Charles Rangel D N Y today introduced the Restore Honor to Service Members Act legislation that will help service me...

Washington D C Today U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i Martin Heinrich D N M Dianne Feinstein D Calif Cory Booker D N J Sheldon Whitehouse D R I and Al Franken D Minn introduced legislation S 1755 to extend the Residential Energy Effi...

Washington D C U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i released the following statement after the announcement of a nuclear agreement with Iran The accord announced in Vienna today marks a watershed moment in our pursuit to stop the spread of nuclear ...

Washington D C Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee announced that the Committee approved 16 7 million in federal funding for the East West Center Senator Schatz worked to ensure continued fede...

Washington D C The U S Army today announced plans to reduce its end strength by 40 000 soldiers over the next two years According to the plans released by the Army Schofield Barracks will shrink by 1 214 soldiers from 15 687 soldiers to 14 473 soldi...

Washington D C U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision that states must recognize the marriages of same sex couples Today s Supreme Court decision is a big win for g...

Washington D C U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i issued the following statement after the U S Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act may provide federal tax credits for eligible Americans in federal and state exchanges This de...

Washington D C U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today voted for the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act NDAA The NDAA will authorize provisions important to Hawai i s economy and military community and strengthens our national defense The ...