Press Releases

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced that the State of Hawaii will receive more than $1 million in grants for three key projects to benefit unique wildlife and their habitats. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) included Hawai’i among 16 states which won grants through its Competitive State Wildlife Grant (C-SWG) program. “These grants are critical investments by our... Read more »

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced that $1.8 million in grants have been awarded to service organizations in Hawaiʻi to empower people of all backgrounds to give of their time and talents to address some of the most pressing challenges in their communities. “The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that Congress enacted and the President signed into law in March has ... Read more »

The $768 billion annual defense funding measure passed by the House includes several historic policy changes for nation’s military Read more »

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced that the post office that has served the Mānoa community for decades will remain open following a letter he sent to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to reconsider the decision to close the facility at the end of this month. “This is certainly good news, not just for the 24,000 residents in the community I was privileged to represent... Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) - Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) and Congressman Kaialiʻi Kahele (HI-02) today announced that $20 million has been released to Native Hawaiian health care entities to aid their response to COVID-19. This funding is being distributed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). It provides six Native Hawaiian ... Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) reports that the House Committee on Foreign Affairs has included the bulk of his Boosting Long-Term U.S. Engagement in the Pacific (BLUE Pacific) Act in its major measure, the Ensuring American Global Leadership and Engagement (EAGLE) Act, as approved by the Committee last Thursday. The EAGLE Act, H.R. 3524, is the U.S. House’s signature foreign polic... Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) has announced approval by his U.S. House Committee on Appropriations of the final two of twelve measures to fund the federal government for Fiscal Year 2022 (commencing October 1, 2021): the $53 billion Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations (E&W) bill; and the $84 billion Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Re... Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced his House Appropriations Committee’s approval today of its Fiscal Year 2022 Labor, Health, Human Services and Education funding measure, with $254 billion in discretionary funding for a broad range of key federal programs that support public health, child care, mental health, maternal health, job training and workforce development, public ed... Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) has announced approval by his U.S. House Committee on Appropriations of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies funding bill, one of the twelve bills that will collectively fund the federal government for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 (commencing October 1, 2021). The FY 2022 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bil... Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced today approval by his U.S. House Committee on Appropriations of the Department of Homeland Security funding bill, one of the twelve bills that will collectively fund the federal government for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 (commencing October 1, 2021). The FY 2022 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill proposes to fund $53 billion in fe... Read more »