Press Releases

(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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

The U.S. House has once again passed his National Forest study measure that calls on the United States Forest Service (USFS) to engage communities in the State of Hawai’i in a study to identify suitable parcels to be incorporated into a National Forest Read more »

The release of $97,587,634 million today from the U.S. Department of Education to several schools of higher education throughout the State of Hawai‘i. The funding is part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, Congress’ third major COVID-19 emergency assistance package enacted in March 2021. Read more »

First introduced by Case and fellow colleagues last Congress, the BLUE Pacific Act would establish a comprehensive, long-term U.S. strategy across the Pacific Islands region. Read more »

Congressman Case commented on the President Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress to discuss his first 100 days of his presidency. Read more »

The Program was included in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan enacted by Congress and approved by President Biden last month. Read more »

U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) joined the U.S. House Problem Solvers Caucus. Read more »

These measures would study the suitability of designating South Kona and Ka'ena Point as National Heritage Areas in Hawai'i. Read more »