Press Releases

(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case released the following statement with the announcement this afternoon from Governor David Ige on his plans to reopen trans-Pacific airline travel August 1st: “It is tragic that the U.S. Department of Justice at the direction of Attorney General Barr would cripple the best public health outcome in the country and risk the lives of Hawai‘i residents… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced today he will host another open all-welcome Tele-Talk Story session on COVID-19 Monday evening, June 22.  “My responsibilities as U.S. Congressman for Hawai’i during this severe crisis have been and continue to be to (1) contribute to the best possible path forward for our country, (2) assure that our Hawai’i’s own needs are… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced today that the federal government has awarded more than $31 million additional dollars under emergency funding measures to the State of Hawai‘i to mitigate the immediate health and economic impacts of COVID-19. “After Congress enacted H.R. 748, the $2.2 trillion CARES Act, in March, the federal government moved quickly to get… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives his proposed “Air Travel Public Health Emergency Act” to ensure the health and safety of air passengers and the public by authorizing states to implement reasonable guidelines and restrictions on air travel during public health emergencies, including pre-board tests and related denial of… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Representatives Ed Case (HI-01), and Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) today jointly introduced in the U.S. House H.R. 7045, a measure to pursue creation of Hawaii’s first-ever National Forest. “Hawai‘i is the most isolated island chain and one of the most ecologically diverse places in the world,” said Case. “Within our constrained borders, we have ten of the thirteen… Read more »

HONOLULU – U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) and U.S. Representatives Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawai‘i) and Ed Case (D-Hawai‘i) called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand its Coronavirus Food Assistance Program to include Hawai‘i’s unique specialty crops and help Hawai‘i farmers. “The severe economic impacts from the pandemic have left… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) today called the vote in the United State House of Representatives to pass the proposed Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, the fifth and broadest emergency assistance measure since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and crisis, “an urgent, critical and indispensable next step for our… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced today that the federal government has released more than $5 million in funds under emergency funding measures to the State of Hawai'i, counties and non-profits to mitigate the immediate health and economic impacts of COVID-19. “The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development moved quickly to make available millions of… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today called on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to confirm the State of Hawai‘i’s ability to impose and enforce COVID-19 prevention public health conditions on air travel to the islands. In his letter to FAA Administrator Steve Dickson, Case asked for the FAA”s “cooperation in confirming Hawaii’s ability to impose and enforce… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) today announced the winners of his Hawai‘i District 1 2020 Congressional Art Competition which he held remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Last year at this time, I was able to announce the winners of my annual competition with contestants, their parents and teachers gathered at a gallery in downtown Honolulu,” said… Read more »