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Brian Schatz

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Brian Emanuel Schatz is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Hawaii since December 26, 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, Schatz has focused on issues such as climate change, healthcare, and education during his time in office. He succeeded Daniel Akaka and has been an advocate for renewable energy and environmental protection, reflecting Hawaii's unique ecological challenges and opportunities.

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May 27, 2026

I think this particular problem is especially acute and needs to be dealt with immediately.

schatz.senate.gov
May 27, 2026

The more micro you get, the more insidious it is, from an integrity standpoint.

schatz.senate.gov
May 27, 2026

Micro prop [bets are] insidious in that [they] can be manipulated by a player or anyone else.

schatz.senate.gov
May 27, 2026

As a warming planet threatens our forests and ecosystems, now is the time to deepen our investments in IPIF, not retreat from it.

hirono.senate.gov
May 27, 2026

As attacks against LGBTQ+ students continue across the country, we need to protect these students and fight back against the discriminatory policies that harm them.

takano.house.gov
Dec 16, 2025

S. 612 is a bipartisan bill that amends the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act, which authorizes grants to Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations and Native Hawaiian organizations to support recreational travel and…

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Nov 11, 2025

This is solved in 10 seconds if Donald Trump wants it solved.

nbcnews.com
Sep 13, 2025

What f****** difference does it make if this murderer was left or right. Pull yourself together, read a book, get some exercise, have a whiskey or walk the dog or make some pasta or go fishing or just do anything other than let this algo…

thehill.com
Jul 17, 2025

But not anymore. We are causing death now. We are spreading disease now. We are deepening starvation now.

huffpost.com
Jul 17, 2025

People would see the American flag, whether on the side of a truck or a sticker on a food parcel, and think, ‘The good guys are here. Help is coming.’

huffpost.com
Jul 17, 2025

We used to be the indispensable nation that people around the world counted on for help.

huffpost.com
Jul 16, 2025

Donald Trump, aided by a band of loyalists and ideologues, has chosen instead to inflict death and disease and starvation on the world’s most vulnerable.

huffpost.com
Jul 16, 2025

At what point are my Republican colleagues going to stand up for this branch of government? Why would you run for office?

huffpost.com
Jul 4, 2025

Our job is to point out, when kids get less to eat, when rural hospitals shutter, when the price of electricity goes up, that this is because of what your Republican elected official did.

motherjones.com
Jul 1, 2025

Killing renewable energy projects will cost people ― not companies ― people, rate-payers, $60 billion in his decade alone.

huffpost.com
Jun 12, 2025

This is the stuff of dictatorships.

cbsnews.com
Jun 11, 2025

If you heard the leader of a foreign country was sending armed soldiers into his own cities, you would correctly call it authoritarian behavior. If you heard them say that the bar for unleashing troops on their own civilians is 'What I…

govinfo.gov
Jun 10, 2025

I guess what I’d like from you is an admission that that was too rough of a cut and you still have some work to do in untangling.

cnn.com
Jun 1, 2025

This is not just a moral question of what we owe Native people, it is also a question of the law.

cbsnews.com
May 13, 2025

I remain flabbergasted that this thing is not going to pass. I remain completely aghast. This is the most blatant, obvious, ridiculous, gross corruption that I’ve ever seen in my entire life — by dollar amount, by symbolism, by violating…

msnbc.com
May 13, 2025

It’s like this was designed in a lab to piss off the maximum number of people.

msnbc.com
Apr 21, 2025

On its face, this new reorganization plan raises grave concerns that the United States will no longer have either the capacity or capability to exert U.S. global leadership, achieve critical national security objectives, stand up to our…

nbcnews.com
Mar 23, 2025

They’re stuck between a rock and a hard place. They realize that cutting Medicaid is going to be politically fatal, but they are also trying to make these numbers work.

nbcnews.com
Mar 3, 2025

There actually is no need for this brinkmanship.

cnn.com
Mar 3, 2025

We are in a position to enact an appropriations bill and we need a little more time so why wouldn’t we buy ourselves a little more time.

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