WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today announced that eight Native Hawaiian organizations working to preserve and share Native Hawaiian culture and traditions with visitors will receive 1 million in funding from the U S Department of th...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i released the following statement after the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA announced that because of the short term government spending deal which contained an additional 16 billion in new fun...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today voted to pass a bipartisan government funding deal that will avert a catastrophic shutdown and provide 16 billion in new disaster relief funding for Maui and other communities impacted by natural di...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today released the following statement on the passing of U S Senator Dianne Feinstein D Calif Senator Feinstein was a trailblazer in every sense of the word said Senator Schatz For more th...

WASHINGTON Just two days away from the deadline to fund the federal government U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today called on colleagues in the U S Senate and House of Representatives to pass the Senate s bipartisan continuing resolution CR to...

WASHINGTON Following calls from U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i for additional disaster relief funding for Maui and other communities impacted by disasters Senate leaders released a bipartisan short term spending bill that includes 6 billion in s...

WASHINGTON Following a request from U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i President Joe Biden today announced that the federal government will cover the full cost of debris removal for six months The 100 percent federal cost share could total in the hun...

WASHINGTON With just nine days to go until the September 30 deadline to fund the federal government U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today spoke on the Senate Floor to call on lawmakers in Congress to pass additional disaster relief funding as part...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i released the following statement after the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA announced a new federal grant totaling more than 7 3 million to aid with the ongoing recovery effort from the Maui fir...

Given how bitterly polarized Washington is today it s rare when leaders of both parties agree on something Yet in the weeks following the devastating fires on Maui that s exactly what we ve seen We ve repeatedly heard from President Joe Biden House Sp...