WASHINGTON U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and John Barrasso R Wyo reintroduced the Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act bipartisan legislation that would produce high quality data on where general surgeons are in short supply around the coun...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz today released the following statement after Governor David Ige updated restrictions on sporting events now allowing families to cheer on their children in person while adhering to Centers for Disease Control and Pr...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz today called on Governor David Ige to lift restrictions on youth sporting events including allowing parents and guardians to cheer on their athletes in person and permitting surf competitions and regattas to resume ...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i Michael Bennet D Colo and Amy Klobuchar D Minn and U S Representative Marc Veasey D Texas reintroduced the Future of Local News Act legislation aimed at rescuing the struggling local news i...

WASHINGTON Today the Federal Communications Commission announced that applications are now being accepted for the Emergency Broadband Benefit a new federal program which provides up to 50 a month on internet service and discounts on computers and tabl...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today announced that the U S Department of the Treasury and the U S Department of Housing and Urban Development will allocate an additional 13 9 million under the American Rescue Plan to hel...

With student loans spiraling upward U S Sen Brian Schatz is sponsoring the Debt Free College Act which aims to ensure low income students can attend public colleges without going into debt There s something wrong with a society that says it...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i Roger Wicker R Miss Ben Cardin D Md John Thune R S D Mark Warner D Va and Cindy Hyde Smith R Miss led a bipartisan group of 50 senators in reintroducing the Creating Opportunities Now for...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today introduced new legislation to support hotel workers and save jobs The Save Hotel Jobs Act will provide new grants and tax credits to help pay hotel employees bring back laid off workers and ensure...

WASHINGTON Today the Small Business Administration SBA announced that the 28 6 billion program aimed at helping restaurants impacted by the pandemic will begin accepting applications for grant funding beginning on Monday May 3 at 6 a m HT 12 noon E...