Press Releases

(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) today issued his statement on the large-scale military operation overnight in Venezuela: “Nicholas Maduro is an illegitimate and oppressive dictator and the people of Venezuela deserve better. But that alone doesn’t justify an armed attack on a sovereign country and forced regime change in violation of international law. “And unless… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced the winners of his 2025 Congressional App Challenge for Hawai‘i’s First Congressional District at a reception at the Entrepreneurs Sandbox in Kaka‘ako. The App Challenge is an official national initiative of the U.S. House of Representatives, in which Members of Congress host annuals contests in their districts for… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) - U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) today announced his 2026 nominations to four of our nation’s service academies: the U.S. Military Academy (West Point/Army); U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis/Navy); U.S. Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs/Air Force) and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point). “I take my responsibility to nominate deserving applicants from my district… Read more »

(Washington, DC) - U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) today announced introduction of his Promoting Regional Opportunities for Sustainable Prosperity and Economic Resilience in the Pacific (PROSPER) Act to strengthen the U.S. Pacific Islands economic partnership. “The Pacific Islands, spread across the vast Pacific Ocean, are key partners in maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific and… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) today announced the introduction of a measure to assert Congress’ full responsibility and control of key legislative branch positions to counter the Trump administration’s efforts to remove Congressional agency leaders. In May of this year, the administration fired Carla Hayden, head the Library of Congress (LOC), a Congressional… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) today voted for the final compromise version of the $900 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that includes six of his amendments and various other requests for Hawai‘i and the broader Indo-Pacific, including $1 billion for military construction projects in Hawai‘i. The annual measure, setting… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and U.S. Representatives Ed Case (HI-01) and Jill Tokuda (HI-02) joined in a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to “express their concern regarding execution challenges with several Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants and the negative effects on the people and institutions of… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (D-HI-01) today joined 34 House colleagues led by Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05) and Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02) in the release of their Commonground 2025: A Bipartisan Health Care Framework to address the impending expiration of critical premium tax credits for Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace enrollees. “Millions… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) has appointed longtime Hawai‘i federal, state and non-profit executive Kekoa Kaluhiwa as his Deputy Chief of Staff and Hawai‘i District Director working out of Case’s Honolulu district office. “In his twenty years of service across our federal, state and non-profit sectors and more, Kekoa has excelled at policy advocacy, community… Read more »

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, voted in Committee last night against the proposed $79 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.    This measure funds (or should fund) the U.S. Department of Commerce, including the International Trade… Read more »