Press Releases

(Honolulu, HI) -  Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) re-introduced three bills in Congress to reform the century-old Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (commonly referred to as the “Jones Act”), which is widely credited with artificially inflating the cost of shipping goods to Hawai’i. “These three bills are meant to end a century of monopolistic closed market domestic cargo shipping to and from… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today voted with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to impeach President Trump for inciting violence against the United States government. The single count of impeachment, approved by the House on a vote of 232-197, charged that President Trump incited the January 6th violent attack on the United States Capitol for… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (D-HI) released this statement today on removal of President Trump from office: “The President’s recent actions, including his flagrant attempted subversion of our election process and his incitement of yesterday’s violent attack on our U.S. Capitol, cross any reasonable line into an assault on our very foundations. “They demonstrate that the… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (D-HI), released this statement today on the violent assault on the United States Capitol during the joint session of Congress on confirming the results of the Electoral College on the election of President and Vice President of the United States: “My staff and I are ok, but many are hurt, and democracy is damaged,” said Case. “What a truly dark… Read more »

Congressman Case and Congressman Kahele of Hawaii take the oath of office to start the 117th Congress Read more »

Congressman Case summarizes his activities in the 116th Congress in this End of Term Report. Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) issued the following statement following the President’s signing of H.R. 133, passed by Congress December 21st and including $2.3 trillion in both further COVID-19 emergency assistance and the regular annual funding of the federal government for Fiscal Year 2021: “The President’s approval of Congress’ bipartisan compromise $900 billion… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) issued the following statement on passage in the U.S. House today of a second huge federal COVID-19 emergency assistance package, the second largest federal rescue measure ever passed by Congress after the CARES Act this past March, and the fifth federal assistance package overall. “As our COVID-19 public health, economic and social… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – 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 $1.4 trillion measure to fund the federal government for the current 2021 fiscal year (FY). If approved by the Senate as expected, the bill will go immediately to President… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) -  Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced the winners of his 2nd annual Congressional App Challenge for Hawaii’s First Congressional District. “The Challenge is a great opportunity for our local students to focus their skills and creativity on developing, testing and analyzing new applications for real-world use,” said Case.  “And results of this… Read more »