A congressional hearing on the abuses at the federal Indian boarding school system drew emotional testimony Wednesday on Capitol Hill a call for more to be done to unearth the abuses against native children The unprecedented hearing comes afte...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i Sheldon Whitehouse D R I and Elizabeth Warren D Mass submitted a comment letter on the U S Securities and Exchange Commission s SEC mandatory climate disclosure rule highlighting several ar...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today voted to pass the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics PACT Act of 2022 bipartisan legislation authored by Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ch...

Sen Brian Schatz doesn t want the Senate to get left behind after a year of House action aimed at improving staff retention The Hawaii Democrat who has championed the cause in the past sent a letter to Senate Legislative Branch appropriators pu...

The U S Senate passed a measure on Thursday that would expand Veterans Administration health care for veterans with health conditions related to burn pit and Agent Orange exposure U S Sen Mazie Hirono D Hawaii a member of the Senate Veterans...

U S Sen Brian Schatz D Hawaii praised President Joe Biden s action Monday to declare a two year tariff exemption on solar panels produced by four Southeast Asian countries currently under investigation by the commerce department for allegedly violating...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today announced that the Hawai i Department of Land and Natural Resources will receive 1 723 698 from the U S Fish and Wildlife Service to protect native forest birds waterbirds seabirds and yellow f...

As the House committee investigating the Jan 6 plot prepares to kick off its first public hearing a bipartisan group of senators huddled Wednesday in the Capitol to negotiate new laws to prevent future candidates from stealing elections Two so...

More than 1 7 million in additional federal funding will be awarded to Hawaii to help protect native forest birds waterbirds seabirds and yellow faced bees according to U S Sen Brian Schatz Schatz said the additional funds from the U S F...

Native Hawaiian leaders told U S Sen Brian Schatz D Hawaii and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs this week that more funding and program access is needed from Washington to better fulfill the government s federal trust responsibility Sc...