Mazie K. Hirono

The federal assistance from USDA’s emergency loans and land restoration programs will help our state’s agricultural producers rebuild quickly and receive compensation for their losses.

The answer is no," said Senator Hirono. "These 14 federal judges, some of them were Trump appointees, disagreed with DOJ’s position.

Decisions as significant as closing 57 facilities across 31 states must include consultation with local communities and governments.

We are very concerned that missing from the list of considerations are factors such as current benefits of research services provided to surrounding communities, what research services would be lost with facility closures, estimate of…

By expending critical munitions at an unsustainable rate in the Middle East, the Department is creating a severe strategic vacuum in the Indo-Pacific.

From gaslighting Epstein survivors to pursuing political witch hunts, Todd Blanche has helped Donald Trump transform the Department of Justice into a department of revenge, retribution, and corruption.

Todd Blanche’s unyielding loyalty to Donald Trump makes clear that he cares about neither independence nor the rule of law.

Instead of honoring the brave servicemembers who are being killed and injured, this regime is obscuring the truth and hiding the real cost of this illegal war—all to evade accountability from the American people.

The Attorney General of the United States must be independent from the president and committed to upholding the rule of law.

This illegal, five-month war with Iran has only exacerbated these concerns because of the expenditure of hundreds of offensive precision guided missiles and air-defense interceptors, leaving our arsenal dangerously depleted.

As Attorney General, he will continue to enable this regime’s rampant illegalities, which is why I voted against his confirmation.

This leaves the United States unacceptably vulnerable to aggression from near-peer adversaries like China.

I write to express my deep and continuing concern regarding the state of the United States military’s critical munitions inventory.

By removing any guidance for what qualifies as ‘public charge’ the Trump Regime’s rule creates fear and prevents immigrants and their families from accessing services they need—even if they are still entitled to them.

While the Trump regime claims to support our servicemembers, their actions tell a far more sinister story.

What we are witnessing is nothing short of a deliberate effort to dismantle the programs that support students with disabilities and their families, particularly for those with nowhere else to turn.

Mr. Blanche has demonstrated that his words to us at his hearing do not matter. I intend to judge Mr. Blanche not by his words but by his actions.

This commonsense legislation honors the service of thousands of women who have served in combat roles with distinction, while strengthening our military by ensuring that every qualified service member is judged by their ability, not their…

At a time when DOJ has lost thousands of career attorneys with millennia of combined experience, and when DOJ’s independence from politics is no longer in existence, I cannot vote in favor of someone whose actions so clearly make him…

I expect you to provide my serious questions with very serious answers.

As a nominee appearing before Congress, it is expected that you will answer questions to the best of your ability.

I am proud to carry on this tradition of partnering with the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii to support our small businesses and show the rest of the country what the aloha spirit is all about.

It has become standard practice for Trump Administration officials appearing before Congress not to provide any information about what is going on at their agencies-agencies Congress is charged with overseeing.

I could not in good conscience vote to advance a bill that paves the way for an up to 40% increase in year-over-year Department of Defense spending, especially as this administration wages an illegal war in Iran with no plan or end in…