WASHINGTON Provisions from the bipartisan Student Veterans Transparency and Protection Act to provide veterans with up to date student outcomes and financial information for eligible educational institutions are set to be signed into law by President Bid...

WASHINGTON DC The U S Senate passed the Thomas R Carper Water Resources Development Act WRDA of 2024 which includes several provisions secured by U S Senators Brian Schatz D HI and Mazie K Hirono D HI to benefit Hawaii s communities and stren...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today announced that the U S Department of Transportation DOT has released an additional 250 million to the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation HART as part of its Amended Full Funding Grant ...

WASHINGTON Island News U S Senator Brian Schatz announced a long term disaster recovery funding that will provide Maui with a 1 6 million new community development grant The new Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery CDBG DR ...

WASHINGTON U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i Dick Durbin D Ill and Peter Welch D Vt introduced a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College system and restore democracy by allowing the direct election of presidents through popular...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and U S Representative Raúl M Grijalva D Ariz ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee renewed efforts to urge President Joe Biden to p...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today led a group of 17 colleagues in reintroducing the End the Threat of Default Act legislation that would permanently remove the threat of a default by repealing the national debt ceiling an arbitrary...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today reiterated calls for Congress to pass long term disaster aid for survivors on Maui and nationwide before Congress is scheduled to go on recess at the end of next week Schatz has repeatedly led calls...

WASHINGTON U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and Roger Wicker R Miss led a bipartisan and bicameral group of 100 lawmakers in calling for the extension of expanded Medicare coverage of telehealth services to be included in a year end appropriation...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i led a group of 12 senators today in renewing calls to the Biden Administration to urge the governments of Israel and Egypt to protect press freedom and allow journalists into Gaza to cover the ongoing war ...