Press Releases

(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… Read more »

(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… Read more »

 (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.… Read more »

(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… Read more »

(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… Read more »

(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… Read more »

(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… Read more »

(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,… Read more »

Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today described the U.S. House-passed version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as fatally flawed on key national issues but positive on his priorities of strengthening America’s national defense in the Indo-Pacific and improving the Department of Defense’s (DoD) relationship with the local community. The… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case’s (HI-01) U.S. House Committee on Appropriations this week approved annual federal funding for the U.S. Department of State and other foreign operations focusing on international diplomacy and development including continued funding for the East-West Center in Honolulu. His Committee also approved another funding measure for the U.S. Small Business… Read more »