Brian Schatz: “I want to thank Senator Schatz for his work to reauthorize the Native Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act.”

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.

We’re all paying the price for our inaction.

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.