WASHINGTON Senator Brian Schatz delivered a major address on the floor of the United States Senate on the need for the federal government to treat Native Hawaiians fairly and apply to them the same federal policy of self determination available to other ...

Below please find Senator Schatz s full floor speech on achieving fairness for Native Hawaiians June 11th marks a public holiday in the State of Hawaii King Kamehameha Day celebrated since 1872 We hold a statewide festival and mark the day ...

WASHINGTON Senator Brian Schatz co chaired today s Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee meeting with Asian American and Pacific Islander AAPI leaders for a discussion on immigration reform ensuring fairness for Native Hawaiians and econom...

WASHINGTON U S Senators Lisa Murkowski R AK Mark Begich D AK Brian Schatz D HI and Mazie Hirono D HI today continued the long legacy of two states working together and working for their native populations The Senators were joined by ro...

WASHINGTON Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel proposed holding the first ever U S hosted meeting of ASEAN Defense Ministers in Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz released the following statement on the announcement The Secretary of Defense s invitatio...

WASHINGTON DC Today Senator Brian Schatz released the following statement regarding the layoffs at the Tesoro refinery My office has been in constant communication with the Tesoro companies and is working with the relevant state agencies to e...

Washington DC Today Senator Brian Schatz released the following statement upon hearing the news of Senator Lautenberg s passing Today we lost a friend and colleague in the United States Senate Frank Lautenberg Senator Lautenberg was a WWII...

A couple of weeks ago with hurricane season facing the people of Hawai i I met with high ranking officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA and urged them to rescind any furloughs for their Hawai i staff and to consider the...

WASHINGTON Senator Brian Schatz joins Senator Elizabeth Warren D MA in supporting legislation that would allow students to pay the same interest rate on their student loans as big banks Student loan interest rates are set to double on July 1 2013 whic...

Washington DC Today Senator Brian Schatz introduced a bill that would facilitate the construction of a Native American Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington DC The Schatz bill S 1046 will provide the National Museum of the American I...