Brian Schatz: “We write to express our support for the Tribal Access to Clean Water Act of 2023.”

This new federal funding will give local farmers more tools to fights threats like drought and invasive pests and help boost production of Hawai‘i’s world-class coffee and chocolate.

Recent reports of security incidents with AI models make transparency and oversight all the more urgent.

This is great news for our small local coffee and cacao farms and showcases Hawai‘i’s global leadership in agricultural research.

Congress passed a law to invest in saving lives, protecting the American people, and advancing our interests abroad; it did not hand Trump a checkbook to spend on whatever he pleases while blocking funding for everything else.