WASHINGTON Following a ban in 2011 congressionally directed spending also known as earmarks have returned to the annual appropriations process U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i secured more than 240 million in earmarks this year for non profit o...

WASHINGTON Congressional leaders today released a bipartisan appropriations deal that will increase federal funding for critical programs that benefit Hawai i U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee ...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee secured an additional 150 million in new federal funding to cover the cost to defuel permanently close the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility and clean ...

U S Sen Brian Schatz on Wednesday announced that an additional 150 million in federal funding has been allocated to defuel and permanently shut down the Red Hill facility The money is in addition to the 100 million from last month which was ...

WASHINGTON The U S Senate today passed sweeping bipartisan legislation to help reform the U S Postal Service USPS dropping an unfair mandate to pre fund its employees retirement health benefits which will provide the USPS with significant financial...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today released the following statement on the Department of Defense s decision to permanently shut down the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility on Oahu There will be challenges ahead but make ...

Hawaiʻi s congressional delegation and local leaders praised the Defense Department s decision Monday to permanently shut down the Navy Red Hill fuel tank facility that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor s tap water Some officials and activists voiced cau...

The Defense Department will permanently shut down the Navy s massive fuel tank facility in Hawaii that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor s tap water and will remove all the fuel the Pentagon said Monday Pentagon press secretary John Kirby sai...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i released the following statement in response to the president s annual State of the Union address Tonight we heard the president reflect on the significant progress we have made in just one ye...

HONOLULU U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today released the following statement on President Joe Biden s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U S Supreme Court Judge Jackson has the legal expertise record of fairness and ...