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U.S. Congressman Ed Case's Statement On The Proposed Acquisition Of Hawaiian Airlines By Alaska Airlines

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(WASHINGTON, DC) -- U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i-First District) made the following statement on the announcement today of the proposed acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines by Alaska Airlines: “My earliest memories include flying with my dad on Hawaiian Airlines from Hilo to the Big City. So, like all of us it is difficult to accept that this truly  kamaʻāina  company, such…

Case To Hold Nov. 4 Talk Story In Honolulu Focusing On Veterans

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(HONOLULU, HI) -- U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i -First District) will host another of his series of Talk Story community meetings, this one focused on veterans, on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023 in Honolulu.  “As a member of the House Appropriations Committee, responsible for all federal discretionary funding including programs and services for our nation’s veterans, I look forward…

Case Votes To Remove McCarthy As House Speaker

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(WASHINGTON, DC) -- U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai’i-1st) today voted to remove U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (California-20th) as Speaker of the House. “I considered my vote every which way, take no pleasure in it, and worked for alternatives” said Case, Vice Chair of the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus. “The last thing I want to do is support the small minority within…

Case Votes To Prevent Federal Government Shutdown And Add Billions In Emergency Assistance For Maui And Other Disasters

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(Washington, DC) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i-01) made the following statement on his vote today in the U.S. House to prevent a federal government shutdown tonight and add $16 billion to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) Disaster Relief Fund: “The deep division and polarization on Capitol Hill should never have been allowed to take Congress to the brink of…

Hawaii Congressional Delegation Announces More Than $42 Million In Federal Grants To Expand Access To Trees And Green Space In Communities Throughout The State

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 (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and U.S. Representatives Ed Case (HI-01) and Jill Tokuda (HI-02) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $42,585,500 in grants to nine organizations to plant and maintain trees, combat extreme heat, and improve access to green space in communities throughout the state.…

Case Contracts Covid; Will Not Join U.S. House Speaker-Led Delegation To Maui Today To Review Wildfire Tragedy And Disaster Response

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(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i -1st), who was scheduled to join a U.S. House of Representatives member delegation to Maui today led by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy (California-20th), tested positive for COVID-19 this morning and will not attend. The delegation, which includes U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (Ohio-14th), Chair of the House…

Case Urges Hawaii Veterans Who May Be Eligible For Promise To Address Comprehensive Toxins (PACT) Act Benefits, But Who Have Not Yet Applied, To Apply By August 9th To Assure Retroactive Benefits

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(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today urged Hawai‘i veterans and their survivors who may be eligible for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care benefits under the historic PACT Act of August 2022, and who have not yet applied for PACT Act benefits, to file or at least complete and submit an intent to file before Wednesday, August 9th to preserve…

Case Introduces Measure To Ban Discriminatory Treatment And Pricing Of Shipping Of Goods To U.S. Locations Outside Of Continent

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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case’s (HI-01) today announced the  introduction of a bill in the U.S. House to end what he called in remarks in the Congressional Record “the exclusionary and discriminatory practices of private shipping services to Hawai‘i and the other non-contiguous parts of our country.”  Case said Hawai‘i, located almost 2,500 miles off the West…

Case Visits Hawai‘i Army National Guard On Advanced Combat Training In Louisiana

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(Washington, DC) --  U.S. Congressman Ed Case on Friday joined the Hawai‘i  Army National Guard’s lead 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (29th IBCT) in the middle of a month-long advanced combat training exercise at the U.S. Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) in Fort Johnson, Louisiana. The 29th IBCT is the lead component in the exercise and incorporates Guard units…

Case Critical Of His House Appropriations Committee's Approved Measures Funding Federal Transportation, Housing, Urban Development And Public Lands And Natural Resources Protection

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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case’s (HI-01) U.S. House Committee on Appropriations today passed two key measures funding federal programs addressing transportation, housing, urban development, environmental protection, public lands, natural resources, indigenous peoples and other areas. The measures propose funding for the upcoming Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (commencing October 1,…