HONOLULU U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today released a resource guide to help Hawai i families navigate the new tax benefits available under the American Rescue Plan Act including the expanded Child Tax Credit The newly expanded Chi...

HONOLULU Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i announced that the state will receive an additional 1 234 910 55 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA Public Assistance program to cover the costs of emergency activities during the CO...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i introduced new legislation that would promote public education about Japanese American internment during World War II This bill would permanently reauthorize the Japanese American Confinement Sites...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i announced that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands DHHL will receive 5 000 000 in new federal funding to help provide affordable housing options for Native Hawaiians living on and off the Home L...

WASHINGTON U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i today voted to pass an extension of the Paycheck Protection Program The bill which passed the Senate and is expected to be signed into law in the coming days extends the deadline to apply for a PPP loan...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i led a group of 17 senators in reintroducing legislation to protect people s personal data online The Data Care Act would require websites apps and other online providers to take responsible steps...

HONOLULU Today the Small Business Administration SBA announced that the 16 billion program aimed at helping live event businesses impacted by the pandemic will begin accepting applications for grant funding beginning on Thursday April 8 The new SBA...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senator Brian Schatz D Hawai i reintroduced legislation to create a new progressive tax on financial transactions that would curb high risk trading practices reduce economic inequality and generate 752 billion in new federal r...

WASHINGTON U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and John Thune R S D reintroduced the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency PACT Act bipartisan legislation to update Section 230 of the Communications Act The PACT Act will make platfor...

WASHINGTON Today U S Senators Brian Schatz D Hawai i and Richard Blumenthal D Conn urged United States Attorney General Merrick Garland to open an investigation into McKinsey Company s role in promoting the sale of OxyContin and contributing to t...