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Case Announces Passage Of Most Consequential Oceans Legislation In Decades

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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced that the full U.S. House passed a package of oceans bills included in the annual National Defense Authorization Act that include his longtime efforts to conserve coral reefs, protect marine mammals and better understand marine ecosystems.  “From warmer temperatures and acidification to nonpoint-source pollution, trash,…

Case Announces Nominations To Nation's Service Academies For Incoming '23 Class

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(Honolulu, HI) - Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced his 2023 nominations to three of our nation’s service academies: the U.S. Military Academy (West Point/Army); U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis/Navy); and the U.S. Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs/Air Force). “I take my responsibility to nominate deserving applicants from my district to our legendary service academies very…

Case Joins House Colleagues In Celebrating Filipino American History Month

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(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today co-led introduction in the U.S. House alongside Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-39), Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-3), Congresswoman Michelle Steel (CA-48) and 23 other colleagues of a bi-partisan measure to celebrate October 2022 as Filipino American History Month.  “Each year our country recognizes October as Filipino American…

Kahele, Case Announce More Than $2 Million In Federal Funding To Help Combat Wildfires On the Big Island

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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Kaiali'i Kahele (HI-02) and Congressman  Ed Case (HI-01) announced today that the Hawai‘i State Department of Land and Natural Resources will receive $2,485,308.00 in federal funding to support the Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) on the island of Hawai‘i to improve the PTA’s response to wildfires. “Wildfires pose a significant threat to the safety of…

Case Calls President's Pacific Islands Summit This Week In Washington, DC A Critical First Step In Full U.S. Re-Engagement In Crucial Region

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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) issued the following statement on the eve of President Biden’s hosting of leaders of several Pacific Island nations at the first summit of its kind with the United States. “I welcome the Administration’s initiative to bring these leaders to Washington, DC, to discuss and address their concerns and our mutual goals,” said Case. “Clearly…

Case Statement On The Navy's Supplement Of Its Red Hill Defueling Plan

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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) issued the following statement on the U.S. Navy’s recent release of a supplement to its defueling plan for the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility: “This proposed plan is an important step in a process that must be pursued as quickly and deliberately as possible toward our goal of the safe and full defueling and closure of Red Hill,” said…

Case Introduces Resolution Commemorating 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal In the Solomon Islands

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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) introduced a resolution to recognize the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, a battle that proved to be pivotal in World War II. “The six-month Solomon Islands campaign which commenced in August 1942 was one of the bloodiest of World War II, with thousands of our own lost, but it turned the tide of the…

Case Votes for Historic Measure to Combat Climate Crisis and Lower Costs for American Families

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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Act), which will make the largest climate investment in American history, lower health care and prescription drug costs for families and older adults, boost America’s manufacturing capacity, create good-paying jobs in the clean energy sector, and more, all while cutting the federal…

Case Returning To Washington, DC To Vote For Most Comprehensive Climate Change Measure Ever

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(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today leaves back to Washington, DC to vote for the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Act). “This Act, in combatting climate change, easing inflation, lowering health care costs, and strengthening our economy and federal finances and more, is certainly one of the hallmarks of this Congress and one of the most consequential pieces of legislation…

U.S. House Passes Annual Defense Authorization Measure Including $1.0 Billion to Address the Red Hill Fuel Crisis

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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced that the full U.S. House has approved its version of the $839.3 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that addresses his priorities related to the closure of Red Hill, strengthening America’s national defense in the Indo-Pacific and improving the Department of Defense’s (DoD) relationship with the…