WASHINGTON The Senate Democratic Caucus today voted to elevate U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i to Deputy Conference Secretary a new position within the Senate Democratic leadership team Schatz was nominated for the new role by Senate Majority Lea...

Congress has included key provisions in its annual defense policy bill for 2023 that will ensure that the U S Navy continues efforts to drain and decommission its bulk fuel storage tanks at Red Hill The National Defense Authorization Act sets t...

WASHINGTON Today President Joe Biden signed the Safe Connections Act into law The new law authored by U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and Deb Fischer R Neb will help survivors of domestic violence and other crimes cut ties with their abusers ...

WASHINGTON Today President Joe Biden signed the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act into law The new law authored by U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i Dianne Feinstein D Calif and Chuck Grassley R Iowa will expand researc...

Nearly 5 6 million in federal funding is designed to provide the first phase of high speed internet access to unserved and underserved communities such as Native Hawaiian homesteads Lanai and Molokai to create an internet for all Gov David Ige annou...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today announced that Hawai i will receive 5 6 million in new federal funding from the U S Department of Commerce to expand high speed internet access in unserved and underserved communities E...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs renewed efforts to urge President Joe Biden to commute the sentence of Leonard Peltier a Native American activist convicted of murder in 1977 following ...

Both of Hawaii s U S senators celebrated the passage Tuesday of the Respect for Marriage Act which protects marriage equality in federal law The bill passed the Senate 61 36 with Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono both Democrats voting in favor o...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today secured the inclusion of several provisions to the annual National Defense Authorization Act NDAA including measures to protect coral reefs improve the nation s volcanic warning system and stop t...

A bipartisan bill that will make it easier for researchers to study the health benefits of marijuana is set to become law after winning approval in the U S Senate this week The Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act which was...