(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced House Appropriations Committee passage today of its recommended $153 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Funding Bill.
The measure, which now goes to the full House for final approval, includes Case’s requests for Hawai‘i-related funding of tropical and… Read more »
(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today joined several other Members of Congress on a letter to be sent to the Trump Administration urging that it abandon proposed changes to the Student and Exchange Visitor Program that would require international students to return to their home countries if their U.S. universities and colleges are only offering online courses in the… Read more »
(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced passage today by the U.S. House of Representatives of H.R. 2, the “Moving Forward Act”, a $1.5 trillion initiative to rebuild the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges, and transit systems.
“The measure is more than just a plan to rebuild our transportation infrastructure,” said Case, who co-sponsored the bill. “It also commits us… Read more »
Washington, DC—Today, Reps. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02), Ed Case (HI-01), and Don Young (AK-at large) introduced the Equitable Payments for Nursing Facilities Act, a bipartisan bill that would authorize the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to make adjustments to payment rates for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) in Hawai‘i and Alaska under Medicare. The Secretary… Read more »
(Honolulu, HI) – Two measures introduced by Congressman Ed Case to tackle the effects of climate change are adopted in a report released today by Congress’ first-ever committee dedicated exclusively to climate change.
“Our House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, formed last year at the outset of our current two-year Congress, came out with a revolutionary report today on the… Read more »
(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 »
