(Washington, DC) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (D-Hawai‘i-01), along with U.S. Representative Robert Bresnahan, Jr. (R-Pennsylvania-08), today announced introduction of a bipartisan measure to assist small businesses to adopt Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), which offer a tested solution to employment and business productivity, stability and ownership transfer.
Their ESOP Funding… Read more »
(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i– First District) in a letter today urged President Donald Trump to reconsider his decision to allow for seabed mining in U.S. and international waters, saying the decision “recklessly prioritizes short-term economic gain over the current and long-term health of our oceans, ignoring the profound and potentially irreversible damage it… Read more »
(Honolulu, HI) -- U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i – First District) announced the winners of his 2025 Congressional Art Competition at Bishop Museum, where entries were on public display.
Twenty-three art pieces were entered this year from eight schools throughout his district.
“All of this year’s contestants earned our respect for participating in a contest that featured so many… Read more »
(Washington, DC) -- U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i-First District) today announced introduction of his Indigenous Diplomacy and Engagement Act “to ensure that our country’s foreign affairs efforts fully encompass and incorporate the independent interconnectedness of our world’s indigenous peoples.”
“The estimated 476 million indigenous peoples spread across all parts of our… Read more »
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (D-Hawai’i-01), along with U.S. Representative Joe Neguse (D-Colorado-02), today introduced a resolution to designate April as National Native Plant Month to promote the importance of biodiversity, climate and water conservation throughout our country. The Senate passed its version of the resolution co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Mazie… 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.… Read more »
(Washington, DC) -- U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai‘i-First District) this morning appeared on C-SPAN’s nationally-televised program, Washington Journal.
The live half-hour show features a single member of Congress addressing questions from the host, followed by direct questions from the viewing audience across the country alternating among Republicans, Democrats and… Read more »
(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,… 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… 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… Read more »