WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i released the following statement in response to new rules from the Biden administration enabling the transfer of tax credits for clean energy projects as well as a new effort to streamline federal permitt...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today announced that the Hawai i Department of Transportation will receive 5 25 million in federal funding to reduce emissions and improve operational efficiency at Sand Island Terminal in Honolulu Harbor...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i Chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs released the following statement after the Biden administration announced over 1 billion in federal funding to build out Tribal water and sanitation infras...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i a member of both the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee released the following statement after the Senate passed a national security supplemental funding package with m...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i announced Hawai i will receive more than 3 8 million for projects on Kaua i and O ahu to improve climate resiliency through the restoration of dunes and wetlands This new funding will help mak...

WASHINGTON Today on Earth Day U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i released the following statement regarding new actions taken by the Biden administration to expand access to affordable solar energy further promote the development of renewable energ...

WASHINGTON Today on Earth Day U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i announced that the Hawai i Green Infrastructure Authority HGIA is receiving 62 45 million in grant funding from the Environmental Protection Agency to deliver solar power to low inc...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i led a group of 14 senators in introducing a resolution designating April 2024 as Preserving and Protecting Local News Month The resolution recognizes local news as a public good that serves an essential ...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation Housing and Urban Development and U S Senator Todd Young R Ind this week led a roundtable discussion on the national housing crisis an...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today announced updates to his bill to protect kids from the harmful impacts of social media In a speech on the Senate floor Schatz discussed his Healthy Kids Act which would set a minimum age of 13 to u...