(Washington, DC) -- U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i-First District) today reintroduced his measure to protect the world’s increasingly fragile coral reef ecosystems by restricting international imports of protected ornamental reef fish and coral species collected through destructive practices. “Our oceans, teeming with life and rich biodiversity, depend on the health of coral reefs, some of t... Read More »
(Washington, DC) – U.S, Representative Ed Case (Hawai’i-First) today decried President Trump’s effort to abolish the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) as “one of the broadest and deepest and outright shortsighted and heartless of many attacks on the foundations of our society to date.” “Education, especially our collective centuries-old commitment to a free education for all, is one of the most... Read More »
Mr. Speaker: I rise to focus attention on one of our most pressing crises: our rapidly deteriorating federal budget, crippled by unsustainable annual deficits and accelerating overall debt. While most prefer to deny or explain it away, we all recognize it, and we all must address it. Our federal budget operates on principles no different from those of a business or family budget. Revenues come fro... Read More »
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) today asked Secretary of the Army Daniel P. Driscoll to explain the apparent deletion of Army websites recognizing the Nisei veterans of World War II, awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, and other Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander servicemembers. “Erasing history one website at a time is no different than th... Read More »
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) issued the following statement after attending President Trump’s State of the Union address tonight to Congress: “This was my eleventh State of the Union address as a Member of Congress, seven by Republican and four by Democrat Presidents, and it was by far the most divisive, polarizing and destructive. “It could and should have... Read More »
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my Hawaii Native Species Conservation and Recovery Act, a critical piece of legislation to protect and preserve the unique and irreplaceable native plant and animal species of our precious and endangered Hawaii. I am introducing this bill in conjunction with my Hawaii colleague, Senator Brian Schatz. Our Hawaii is one of the most biologically unique and dive... Read More »
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) has reintroduced two measures in the 119th Congress (2025-2027) calling for moratoria on the mining of our world’s deep seabed unless and until its potentially destructive consequences are fully understood and an appropriate international protective regulatory regime is established. “Our deep oceans and seabed are the last unexplored regions of o... Read More »
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (D-HI-01) and U.S. Congressman James Moylan (R-Guam) are leading re-introduction in Congress of three legislative proposals to reform the century-old Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (the “Jones Act”), which is widely recognized as creating domestic shipping monopolies that artificially inflate the cost of critical imported goods to the non-contiguous parts ... Read More »
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (D-HI-01), joined by several members of his Congressional Pacific Islands Caucus, have re-introduced an expanded version of their Boosting Long-term U.S. Engagement in the Pacific (BLUE Pacific) Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. “The lands and waters of the jurisdictions spread across Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia comprise an area larger... Read More »
Mr. Speaker: Today I again introduce three bills to end over a century of federally-imposed monopolistic closed market domestic cargo shipping to and from my isolated home state of Hawai‘i and the other island and separated jurisdictions of our country not part of the contiguous 48 United States. In doing so, we seek to break the stranglehold on the peoples and economies of our exposed communities... Read More »
(Washington, DC) -- U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) today released the following statement after joining the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda: “I congratulate President Trump and Vice President Vance on taking the oath as President and Vice President of our great country. “Like all of our fellow Americans, we want what is be... Read More »
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) today announced the re-introduction of his bill in the U.S. House to end what he called “the discriminatory and exclusionary shipping practices faced by residents and businesses in Hawai‘i, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and other U.S. territories.” U.S. Representative James Moy... Read More »
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01), and U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) announced the re-introduction of their Hawai‘i Invasive Species Protection Act, a bill to require the U.S Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS), in cooperation with other federal departments and the State of Hawai‘i, to conduct visual, x-ray and canine inspections, as... Read More »
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Representatives Ed Case (D-HI-01)) and Steve Womack (R-AR-03) today announced the re-introduction of H.R. 222, their Sustainable Budget Act, a measure they also introduced in the 116th Congress (2019-2021), 117th Congress (2021-2023) and 118th Congress (2023-2025). They were joined in co-introduction by U.S. Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA-50) and Zach Nunn (R-IA-03). “B... Read More »
I rise today to reintroduce the Affordable Shipping for All Act, a bill to end discriminatory and exclusionary shipping practices faced by residents and businesses in the non-contiguous areas of our country, particularly Hawai‘i, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. This blatant discrimination and exclusion is illustrated by Hawai‘i,... Read More »
