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Case's House Appropriations Committee Advances Strong National Defense Presence In Hawai‘i And The Indo-Pacific In $706 Billion Fiscal Year 2022 Funding Measure

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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) has announced approval by his U.S. House Committee on Appropriations of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Defense funding bill, one of the twelve bills that will collectively fund the federal government for FY 2022 (commencing October 1, 2021). The FY 2022 Defense Appropriations bill proposes to fund $706 billion for federal agencies and programs in…

Case Announces House Appropriations Committee Approval of Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Funding Measures for Military Construction, Veterans and Foreign Affairs

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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) has announced approval by his U.S. House Committee on Appropriations of two more of the twelve bills that will collectively fund the federal government for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 (commencing October 1, 2021). The first, the FY 2022 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, proposes to fund $124.5…

Case's Appropriations Committee Advances Funding Measures to Help Hawai’i Agriculture and Protect Our Environment

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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced today his U.S. House Appropriations Committee’s approval of two more of twelve total bills to fund the federal government for upcoming Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 (beginning October 1, 2021), these targeting agriculture and conservation. The first, the FY 2022 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, proposes to…

First Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Funding Measure Approved by Case's Appropriations Committee Targets Nation's Small Businesses

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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced approval by his House Committee on Appropriations of the first of twelve measures to fund the federal government in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 (beginning October 1, 2021). The FY 2022 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill funds various government programs to assist the country continue its path to recovery…

Case Announces U.S. House Passage of $715 Billion Surface and Water Infrastructure Measure

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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced full House passage today of the INVEST in America Act, calling for a $715 billion five-year federal government investment in our nation’s surface transportation and water infrastructure.  “Our country has simply not kept up with the investments in our country’s roads, bridges, transit and water systems that are essential to…

Case and Kahele Announce $1.18 Million In Federal Grant Awards To 12 Native Hawaiian Organizations

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(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) and U.S. Congressman Kaialiʻi Kahele (HI-02) today announced that 12 Native Hawaiian programs based In Hawai’i have been awarded grants totaling $1,181,486 to help preserve the indigenous history, heritage and culture of Hawaiʻi.   The grants are administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (Institute), an…

University of Hawaii To Receive $210 Million For Federal Cooperative Institute For Oceanic And Atmospheric Research

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(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded the University of Hawai‘i $210 million to create and fund a new Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (CIMAR). According to NOAA, a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce charged with understanding and protecting…

Case, Womack, Hirono Introduce Legislation to Restore Access Federal Benefits for COFA Citizens Legally Present in the United States

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Representative Ed Case (D-Hawaii), Representative Steve Womack (R-Ark.) and Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to restore access to a range of federal benefits for citizens of the Freely Associated States of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau who reside in the United…

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2.7 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance to Support Regional Economic Growth in Hawaii

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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.7 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, to strengthen, expand, and scale its work supporting entrepreneurship and job creation. This EDA…