Honolulu HI Today U S Senator Brian Schatz announced the Department of Labor s Homeless Female Veterans and Veterans with Families Program will award the United States Veterans Initiative in Kapolei a grant for 300 000 to provide homeless female vetera...

Washington DC Today the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee heard testimony from the National Park Service on the Pacific Islands Parks Act introduced by Senator Brian Schatz This legislation would direct the National Park Service to complete...

WASHINGTON Senator Brian Schatz and his staff are receiving regular updates from FEMA and local officials on the strength of Tropical Storm Flossie Today I was briefed by officials at FEMA on Tropical Storm Flossie Over the last several days...

WASHINGTON Senator Brian Schatz announced today that the Senate Appropriations Committee approved 16 7 million in federal funding for the East West Center Senator Schatz has been working with his colleagues since January to ensure continued federal fund...

WASHINGTON Senator Brian Schatz joined his colleagues in the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus CAPAC for a meeting at the White House with President Obama to discuss the need to pass comprehensive immigration reform in the House federal actio...

Washington DC Today Senator Brian Schatz hosted President Elect of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii Sherry Menor McNamara in Washington DC at the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee DSOC Meeting with Majority Leader Reid and other members of...

Washington DC Today Senator Brian Schatz announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee passed the fiscal year 2014 appropriations bill for Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agencies The bill includes funding for several Nativ...

WASHINGTON Senator Brian Schatz and a group of bi partisan senators requested that the Subcommittee on Commerce Justice and Science continue to support and fund science technology engineering and mathematics STEM programs in its FY2014 appropriati...

WASHINGTON Senator Brian Schatz announced 2 8 million in federal funding for Hawaii programs that will assist Hawaii s infrastructure and help train the workforce This 2 8 million in federal funding will help the state of Hawaii during a ti...

WASHINGTON Today Senator Brian Schatz joined Senators Reed Hagan Franken Harkin Warren and Stabenow among others in taking action to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling on July 1st The Keep Student Loans Affordable Act in which Sen...