Press Releases

(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 »

HONOLULU – U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) and U.S. Representatives Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawai‘i) and Ed Case (D-Hawai‘i) called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand its Coronavirus Food Assistance Program to include Hawai‘i’s unique specialty crops and help Hawai‘i farmers. “The severe economic impacts from the pandemic have left… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) today called the vote in the United State House of Representatives to pass the proposed Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, the fifth and broadest emergency assistance measure since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and crisis, “an urgent, critical and indispensable next step for our… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced today that the federal government has released more than $5 million in funds under emergency funding measures to the State of Hawai'i, counties and non-profits to mitigate the immediate health and economic impacts of COVID-19. “The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development moved quickly to make available millions of… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today called on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to confirm the State of Hawai‘i’s ability to impose and enforce COVID-19 prevention public health conditions on air travel to the islands. In his letter to FAA Administrator Steve Dickson, Case asked for the FAA”s “cooperation in confirming Hawaii’s ability to impose and enforce… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – U.S. Congressman Ed Case (Hawai‘i – District 1) today announced the winners of his Hawai‘i District 1 2020 Congressional Art Competition which he held remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Last year at this time, I was able to announce the winners of my annual competition with contestants, their parents and teachers gathered at a gallery in downtown Honolulu,” said… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives his bipartisan Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act to continue, update and improve our national commitment to save our endangered coral reefs as first set forth in a measure enacted twenty years ago. “In the two decades since the passage of the 2000 Act, the state of our reefs… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced today that more than $4.3 million is now available for the State of  Hawaii’s fishing and aquaculture industry impacted by the COVID-19.  The Hawai‘i State Department of Land and Natural Resources is the agency tasked to administer the funds to eligible applicants. “Those eligible for the funds include commercial fishing… Read more »

(Honolulu, HI) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) is praising an extensive ruling from the federal court of appeals in a case brought partly by a Hawai’i community group seeking enforcement of a federal law mandating air tour management plans at our nation’s largest national parks. The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found that the efforts of the Federal… Read more »

HONOLULU – U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) and U.S. Representatives Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawai‘i) and Ed Case (D-Hawai‘i) today called on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza to fix the unfair loan distribution process that favors mainland big banks over Hawai‘i’s lenders and small… Read more »