(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01), a member of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for all federal discretionary spending, today announced millions in funding he sought and secured to protect Hawaii’s environment as part of the current 2022 fiscal year (FY) funding bill.
H.R. 2471, the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022, passed Congress last week and was… Read more »
(Washington, DC) - Congressman Ed Case (HI-01), a member of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for all federal discretionary spending, announced today that H.R. 2471, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 signed into law by the President yesterday, included his request for $1 million in community project funding for Kōkua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services… Read more »
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01), a member of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for all federal discretionary spending, today announced that the just-enacted $1.5 trillion measure to fund the federal government for the current 2022 fiscal year (FY) includes millions in funding he sought and secured to advance the specific and often unique cultural,… Read more »
(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 »
