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Case Leads Re-Introduction Of Expanded Framework For United States Policy In The Pacific Islands

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(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…

Case Statement On The Inauguration Of Donald J. Trump As The 47th President Of The United States

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(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…

Case, Moylan Reintroduce Bipartisan Measure To Ban Discriminatory Treatment And Pricing Of Shipping Of Goods To U.S. Locations Outside Of The Continent

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(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.…

Case, Tokuda Reintroduce Measure To Combat Invasive Species In Hawaii

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(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…

Case, Womack Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill Targeting Unsustainable National Debt

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(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…

Case Commends Biden's Formal Recognition Of Hui Panalaau

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(WASHINGTON, DC) -- U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai’i-First) today commended President Biden’s first-ever proclamation formally honoring the Hui Panalāʻau and renaming the Pacific Remote Islands National Marine Monument as the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. In his January 2, 2025 Proclamation (see fact sheet below), President Biden formally recognized and extended…

Case Takes The Oath Of Office To Commence His Sixth Full Term In The U.S. House

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(Washington, DC) -- U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today joined his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in commencing the 119th Congress (2023-2025). Each Congress is for a two-year term, dating back to commencement of the 1st Congress in 1789. Case has represented Hawaii’s First Congressional District in the 118th (2023-2025), 117th (2021-2023) and 116th…

Case Joins White House Ceremony Awarding Medal Of Honor To Hawaii-Born And Raised Soldier

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(Washington, DC) -- U.S. Representative Ed Case (Hawai’i-First District) today joined a ceremony at the White House at which President Biden awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously to Hawai’i native Private Bruno Raymond Abing Orig, U.S. Army. Private Orig was born in Hawai’i in 1930 to parents who immigrated from the Philippines and was raised in Damon Tract near Honolulu Airport.…

Congressman Case Statement On The Passing Of Former President Jimmy Carter

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(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (First District - Hawai‘i) today issued the following statement on the passing of former President Jimmy Carter: “Faith, hope, service. These will always define President Jimmy Carter. Faith in God and humanity. Hope for our country and world and for each and all of us. Service as the purpose of life, each in our own best way. His was truly a life of…

Case Announces House Passage Of Measure To Provide Continued Critical Disaster Relief For Lahaina

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(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) voted today on the bipartisan continuing resolution drafted by his Appropriations Committee to keep government programs and services funded until March 14, 2025. The package also includes supplemental relief funds necessary to help Maui and other communities across the country recover from recent natural…