Press Releases

(Honolulu,HI) - U.S. Congressman Ed Case, a member of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, responsible for all federal discretionary spending, voted on March 09, 2022, with a majority of his colleagues to pass a $1.5 trillion measure to fund the federal government for the current fiscal year (FY 2022), to include billions for America’s national security H.R. 2471, the FY 2022… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced today that, one year after he and the majority of his Congressional colleagues passed the American Rescue Plan, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System and eight schools in his First Congressional District have received a total of more than $72 million from the Federal Communications… Read more »

(Washington, DC) -- U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01), a member of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for all federal discretionary spending, today voted with a majority of his colleagues to pass a $1.5 trillion measure to fund the federal government for the current fiscal year (FY2022). If approved by the Senate as expected, the bill will go to President Biden for his… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today urged President Biden to exercise existing authority to grant a waiver from the federal Jones Act to permit international shipping to ship oil and other petroleum products from mainland U.S. ports to Hawai‘i to allow for full replacement from domestic supply of the some one-third of total Hawai‘i oil imports from Russia and banned… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) issued the following statement on the Secretary of Defense’s directive to defuel and close the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility: “Secretary of Defense Austin’s directive today that the Navy proceed to defuel and close Red Hill is exactly the right decision for assuring both safe drinking water and national security.” “It is… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) - U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i-01) is urging all Hawai’i state and county governments, businesses and residents to practice heightened preparation and vigilance against cyberattacks on their computers and online platforms associated with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and resulting sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus. He also is relaying resources and practical… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) - U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i-01) tonight issued the following statement on Russia’s attack on Ukraine: “Russia’s attack on Ukraine, a sovereign independent country that wants nothing more than to chart its own course in peace, violates everything that our country and our partners around the world stand for. “We must stand united against Russia, not only to defend… Read more »

(HONOLULU, HI) – U.S. Congressmen Kaialiʻi Kahele (HI-02) and Ed Case (HI-01) announced today the introduction of the Red Hill Watershed and Aquifer Initiative (WAI) Act, federal legislation to permanently shut down the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.  “The Red Hill WAI Act ensures the complete and permanent shut down of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility and requires… Read more »

(Washington, DC) - U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i-01) today announced that the U.S. House of Representatives has included $403 million to address drinking water contamination at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in its proposed Fiscal Year 2022 federal funding continuing resolution introduced today and expected to be voted on by the full House tomorrow. H.R. 6617 will extend all… Read more »

Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) joined a majority of his colleagues today in supporting U.S. House of Representatives passage of the “Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength” or COMPETES Act, groundbreaking legislation to ensure the country’s success in long-term global competition. “This measure will greatly strengthen… Read more »