WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i Chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs today again called on President Biden to pardon Native American activist Leonard Peltier who was convicted of murder in 1977 following a controversial inves...

WASHINGTON Following calls for increased benefits for Hawai i families U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today announced that the U S Department of Agriculture USDA has proposed updates to its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP bene...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee has been leading efforts in Congress to deliver additional federal funding to help Maui recover from last year s tragic fires This week S...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i once again urged colleagues in Congress to pass disaster relief for survivors on Maui and across the country before the end of the year Schatz has continually stressed the need for passing long term assis...

WASHINGTON At a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i pressed federal officials on the recovery efforts on Maui and called for additional federal funding Schatz questioned top officials from key federal age...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee today released the following statement on an updated disaster funding request submitted by the White House The updated request follows remarks deliv...

WASHINGTON U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and Mazie Hirono D Hawai i and U S Representatives Ed Case D Hawai i and Jill Tokuda D Hawai i today released the following joint statement on two reports issued by the Department of Defense Office...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today announced Hawai i will receive two grants totaling more than 3 8 million in new federal funding to bolster pedestrian and bicycle safety on Oahu The funding which Schatz helped secure and comes fr...

WASHINGTON As Congress reconvenes this week for the final few weeks of session for the year U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today called on colleagues to prioritize passing a disaster aid package that includes long term relief for disaster survivo...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today announced that Hawai i will receive 33 million to rehabilitate the Wailuku River Bridge on Hawai i Island Upgrading aging infrastructure is critical to ensuring people can get around saf...