WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i and U S Representative Gerry Connolly D Va introduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates FAIR Act a bill that would provide federal employees with a 7 4 percent pay increase in calendar year 2025...

WASHINGTON Following calls led by 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 the U S Department of Agriculture USDA announced that it will increase the r...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today released the following statement after President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced that the Department of Energy will pause approvals of liquified natural gas LNG exports a...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today spoke on the Senate floor to mark the 51st anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision and called for restoring reproductive rights across the country Because of the current right wing Supre...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i announced that Hawai i will receive 24 4 million from the U S Department of Transportation to cover the costs of repairs to roadways and structures on Maui and Kaua i that were damaged by landslid...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i led a majority of the Senate Democratic Caucus in announcing plans to file an amendment to the forthcoming national security supplemental package that reiterates longstanding U S policy in support ...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today announced that Hawai i will receive 74 6 million from the U S Department of Transportation USDOT for the rehabilitation of the Nanue and Hakalau bridges on Hawai i Island Schatz urged USDOT to a...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i Co Chair of the Senate Telehealth Working Group and author of the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies CONNECT for Health Act led a group of bipartisan lawmakers to u...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i and U S Representative Julia Brownley D Calif introduced the Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching BEST Act legislation that would provide federal grants to states to create Seal of Biliteracy progr...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today announced that the U S Department of Agriculture USDA will begin the process to update its approach for calculating Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP benefits in Hawai i to ensure t...